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A review by bracketboi
In the Miso Soup by Ryū Murakami
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
I never really find books boring even if they’re very repetitive especially if they’re under 300 pages but something about this book made it feel like it dragged on forever.
Whether it was because of the unnecessary amount of internal dialogue the bland main character Kenji goes into for pages at a time or the random tear from reality experience when you find out Frank (the all too predictable killer in the story from the very beginning) can hypnotize people, it all feels like it takes too long to get to the end. Basically it can do without all the fluff.
The ending itself actually makes no sense to me. Why spend the whole book having the main character trying to figure out if the person he’s showing around the city is the killer, only to find out without a shadow of a doubt that he is, and then plan to take him down at the bridge they intend to hear the new year’s eve hundred and eight bells go off at, just to let him go scot-free. In other stories where important lessons are learned, other characters have great moments that show growth (or are just more interesting than the ones in this book are in general), or there’s a bunch things to leave you satisfied it wouldn’t bother me if the killer got away but when the WHOLE STORY is based on finding out who the killer is and how Kenji will get away and stop him? for it to not happen is such a waste of time.
Whether it was because of the unnecessary amount of internal dialogue the bland main character Kenji goes into for pages at a time or the random tear from reality experience when you find out Frank (the all too predictable killer in the story from the very beginning) can hypnotize people, it all feels like it takes too long to get to the end. Basically it can do without all the fluff.
The ending itself actually makes no sense to me. Why spend the whole book having the main character trying to figure out if the person he’s showing around the city is the killer, only to find out without a shadow of a doubt that he is, and then plan to take him down at the bridge they intend to hear the new year’s eve hundred and eight bells go off at, just to let him go scot-free. In other stories where important lessons are learned, other characters have great moments that show growth (or are just more interesting than the ones in this book are in general), or there’s a bunch things to leave you satisfied it wouldn’t bother me if the killer got away but when the WHOLE STORY is based on finding out who the killer is and how Kenji will get away and stop him? for it to not happen is such a waste of time.