kydnmthws's reviews
37 reviews

After Dark by Haruki Murakami

3.75

The Diamond as Big as the Ritz by F. Scott Fitzgerald

dark lighthearted medium-paced

3.0

You did the Grimm brothers proud Scottie. 

Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes by Hannah Moscovitch

challenging emotional funny reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

It's, hard. To find a lot of who you are / who you have been, in characters who you know, are moral lessons. It's harder, to be a moral lesson. 

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

4.0

Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett

funny reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery

Minor: Violence

Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

emotional sad

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

I have this thing about Murakami. He's by no means a bad author, but his books really don't feel like they have any business being books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Pedophilia, and Rape

Minor: Alcohol

House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

adventurous dark mysterious

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.75

For the first quarter of the novel, I was fully enamored and in love. Then all that tension and excitement sort of fizzled out into a dull ending. 
Don't get me wrong, I intend to read this again and again, but next to reality it just doesn't stack up.

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

A Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami

3.25

Pinball, 1973 by Haruki Murakami

2.75