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Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami
35 reviews
amethystbutterfly's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
reflective
relaxing
sad
fast-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
I really loved this book. It is reflective, you see the world through a man who thinks he’s colorless and boring person. There’s some thinking about the line between reality and dreams, how something that you try to ignore/forget comes to you in one way or another and how you have to accept the things you can’t change. It has themes like depression, loneliness, friendships, trauma, abandonment and music. You see so clearly, without any filters to the maincharacters mind and it is so facinating! It normalizes humanity.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief
Moderate: Eating disorder and Miscarriage
padancer's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Eating disorder
Moderate: Rape and Murder
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
q_bert13's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I’ve been recommended Norwegian Wood more times than I can count, but I decided to read this as my first Murakami book. A saddening story about loosing friendships- taking time to heal, and eventually returning back home to seek out those past friends. An emotional, reflective story full of complex, colourful characters. Despite how sad the themes could get, Murakami’s writing style is beautiful and warm.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Abandonment
Moderate: Death and Rape
Minor: Miscarriage and Pregnancy
vaguelyredhead's review
dark
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Eating disorder, Sexual assault, and Murder
Minor: Death, Mental illness, and Miscarriage
realsiderzz30's review against another edition
emotional
mysterious
reflective
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
4.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts
kaylamoran's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
This is such a hard book to rate, as there were things I loved and things I hated. I hated the way the story centered on a fake rape accusation. I really don't think that's a helpful narrative, and it wasn't necessary for the story. Tsukuru could have been shunned for any number of reasons. I also found it a bit frustrating how seemingly cheating wasn't a red flag? Why would Kuro tell Tsukuru to fight for a woman with another boyfriend? Ultimately I related to Tsukuru in many ways, and I was really rooting for him. Usually slow paced books with a ton of descriptors bore me, but that didn't happen here. I do wish Murakami spent a bit less energy describing women's breasts though.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, and Abandonment
Moderate: Eating disorder and Murder
Minor: Miscarriage
bridge_to_narnia's review against another edition
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
This book is more like a character study with a revolving plot about being ghosted by his childhood friend many years ago. It’s a slow, lax, shuffle to an ambitious answer, but often in life we don’t truly know about what others think. The writing is smooth and easy to read, the only uncomfortable moments are the peppered in sexual imagery that were definitely not needed. Overall, I’d give this book a positive rating, though negative points for the sexual habits and lack of a concrete ending.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual content and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Death, Eating disorder, Miscarriage, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Murder, and Toxic friendship
risemini's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
relaxing
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cancer, Death, Eating disorder, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Alcohol
mxpringle's review against another edition
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
I love the dream like state this book put me in where I questioned what events in it were real and fake. The writing and the way the characters were so fleshed our really gripped me and I haven't read a book so quickly in forever. However, as a with a lot of Murakami's writing, I did have an issue with how he portrays women and sex, and his strong emphasis on the male gaze.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual content, and Murder
Minor: Eating disorder and Vomit
savtho's review against another edition
dark
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
I picked this book up as a wrapped mystery book. A bookshop worker wrote a note for the future reader; the note talked about everyday conversations, losing friendships and the color grey. At first I was very interested in this book but half way through it got boring. This book wasn’t as deep as I thought it would be. However the writing style and story telling are what kept me going. I think I would re-read this book and stop half way through because I liked the writing that much. Otherwise the book is lack luster, a part of me feels like that’s almost the point and if it is then I’d give it more stars for reaching its purpose. Especially because the descriptions in the book were boring. Maybe if I got more out of this book I’d be interested to find out if there was a purpose for this book. Before I finished the book I was hoping to read more from this author, however the dark themes of this book made it difficult to read at times and eventually I felt the voice of the writer was gone.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Eating disorder, Rape, and Suicide
Moderate: Alcoholism