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Ο Κάφκα στην ακτή by Haruki Murakami

104 reviews

katanarin's review against another edition

dark inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

This book was way more than I expected it to be. I expected a mysterious, dark ambience with some japanese culture and decent characters. But this plot has a big disturbing turn to it. This is a book where the main character is not the "hero". Every interaction felt very unnatural and weird to me with him. At some point I just wanted to throw my book against my wall because his acting and interactions made me so angry. But then on the same page the the describing of scenarios was so well written and magical that the overall vibe and ambience added such a great feeling and concep to the book
If the book would have been only out of Kafkas viewpoint I probably would have gone crazy. The diversion between Nakatas and Kafkas viewpoint really balanced this out.
-So this book made me really emotional but I still enjoyed reading it at the end. I definitely wouldn't recommend it to everyone since it's very obscure and critical.
!Also I want to point out that you should not look for well written female characters. Mostly the female characters are only in this book to be a crutch to the male characters. The interactions with woman in this book were almost all the time sexual founded.

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hannah_cogo's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

Murakami keeps his unique and brilliant writing style in this book, with a totally unique plot that keeps you guessing. but his portrayal of women has not changed, and it is clear that he really only sees women as nothing more than sexual objects. a part of me feels like most of this book was just Murakami exploring his own messed-up fantasies, as there is not a single woman in this book who is not objectified, talked about or described sexually, or has nothing to do with sex at all. overall it is overly sexual and proves that Murakami still cannot write women. at all. the only reason it's not zero stars is for Mr Nakata and his talking cats.

there are scenes where the main character rapes his sister in their dream, and he also has sex with his mother more than once. also, the main character's genitals are talked about a lot considering he is 15</spoler> it's a lot to take in.

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pedroelizabeth's review against another edition

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dark emotional slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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dreatomlinson8's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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hoey_girlboss_queen's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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babymoomoocow's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

This is probably one of the weirdest books I’ve ever read. I feel like I would have said “wtf” a lot less if I had a reading buddy. But a lot of this books made me go “wtf” in both a good and a very bad way.

I have mixed feelings on it honestly and I would only recommend this book so my friends can be confused and disturbed with me.

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