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iratyde_author's Reviews (90)
Surprisingly entertaining despite not that much going on (apart from intrigue surrounding the election of a new pope). No Dan Brown-level conspiracies or murders.
Beautiful illustrations. You will come away wanting a Big Panda friend.
After getting through a lot of rather tedious non-dialogue character background prose at the beginning of this book (note to self), I actually really enjoyed the story. Sensual and scrumptious as it was though, I was worn out by its length and detail.
Is there a pattern emerging? The hard-done-by, those not-very-good-looking or at least not competing with social standards of attractiveness being drawn to violence, to… killing?
Paula Hawkins manages a coolly paced and tight narrative throughout, with plenty atmosphere between the lines, that isn’t in need of detectives or spelling it all out for the reader to understand the crimes being committed.
Paula Hawkins manages a coolly paced and tight narrative throughout, with plenty atmosphere between the lines, that isn’t in need of detectives or spelling it all out for the reader to understand the crimes being committed.
A suspenseful read but not as gripping or memorable as Girl On A Train.
I loved the three-women-murder-suspect plot in this crime novel that is a page turner as always with this author.
Murakami’s unique artistry shines through every interweaving and entwining of stories in this grandiose work, however, I battled with some of the many clichés especially male writers attribute to women - period pain related grumpiness and willing prostitution being just two to name. The graphic violence in some of the scenes, in contrast, did not disturb me as much as it perhaps should have. The reason for this may lie in the verbose descriptions and the strangely dispassionate voice of the narrators, but nonetheless, sensitive readers should proceed with caution.
I found it difficult to find the version I read here in Goodreads (I certainly didn’t read it in Japanese).
Beautifully told story which made me want to explore Japanese food, onsen and countryside. Kawakami is herself a Sensei, a master, of intimation and literary constraint.
Beautifully told story which made me want to explore Japanese food, onsen and countryside. Kawakami is herself a Sensei, a master, of intimation and literary constraint.