Reviews with content warning for Mental illness - Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

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Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami

29 reviews

reid23's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

complex and intriguing plot to follow. you really get into the mind of the protagonist, and the plot is unraveled slowly

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bunitsu's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-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

no spoilers!!!
Colourless set my standards for books so much higher! i only recently got into reading and before reading it, i had read 2-3 books trying to get into reading but nothing really drew me in. i just thought was one of those people that couldn’t get into reading. But this changed everything. This book kept me on my toes. Every time i turned a page i didn’t want to stop because of how engaging it was. I’m a pretty slow reader so the fact i got through this book in 2 weeks says something.

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alaskachan's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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meggeb's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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icarusandthesun's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

1.5

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miamcmillan's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

i love everything he writes im sorry i literally can’t help it !! the whole way i read it thinking it’s just so inherently Male (and misogynistic, because when is murakami not talking about breasts every other sentence) but there’s something so compelling about his writing style. it’s not my favourite murakami because it’s lacking that complexity which his other novels (ie the wind up bird chronicale) have but it’s still mystical and fulfilling and empty and dissatisfying all at once. he is always so
careful with his motifs and word choice (obviously credit to peter gabriel too because i really enjoyed this translation) it’s just fascinating. i very much recommend if you want a slightly easier introduction to murakami, but i still like his more overtly magical realist, twisted stuff more.

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