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Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami

134 reviews

theraindiary's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

  • Beautifully written book 
  • Question what some of the graphic descriptions add to the story 

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elliphant's review against another edition

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dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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marialilypotter's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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caseyreadslol's review against another edition

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dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

1.0

every mention of kafka listening to prince is meant to piss me off personally I think 

a decent magical realism road trip romp sandwiched between some of the most unbearable fake deep horrifying garbage I've ever encountered in fiction
*does absolutely nothing to escape fate past running away and barely has any sense of anguish and won't shut the fuck up about "are you my sister are you my mommy can we fuck oh shit five pages since talking about my schlong* wow oh my god I guess fate is inescapable that's wild


it is bugging me to give this such a low score when I've given higher ratings to works I find much worse in terms of prose/etc but seeing skill squandered is blindingly painful
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lambclown's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative mysterious reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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ewhisler9's review

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challenging emotional reflective 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? Yes

3.25

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romanticist's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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pers1mm0n's review against another edition

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mysterious fast-paced
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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katanarin's review against another edition

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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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l_myers's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • 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

4.0

PLEASE READ TRIGGER WARNINGS! 

This is possibly the most confusing books I have ever read. The symbolism is crazy and the concept even more. 
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