Review by greenfrog - Kafka on the Shore

greenfrog 's review for:

Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami

adventurous dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I literally hated this book. It wasn’t written badly (although there were very long and detailed descriptions of a fourteen year old boy’s body as he showered. Horribly, horribly detailed), but the content was just… why? What on earth? Who wrote this and WHY? There was a lot of sexualization of women, too, including the main character describing his mother and sister’s bodies in sexual ways. <And he sleeps with his mother. And assaults his sister. > And there were really detailed sexual fantasies for absolutely no reason. On top of all that, the plot made no sense at all. Just… absolutely a book I wish I hadn’t read.

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