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Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

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rubywaitweg's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

Really enjoyed the general reading experience of this book but also felt quite unsure and a bit confused a lot of the time.

Why is everyone obsessed with Toru?? Almost all of the characters (maybe apart from Stormtrooper?) find him to be extraordinary in some way. In reality he seems to have a pretty average (and kinda boring?) personality. He’s also pretty emotionally distant and has sex with every woman in the book when they’re in extremely vulnerable states? Made me feel quite uncomfortable, especially bc they all seem to have amazing sexual experiences?? Just didn’t seem realistic to me and made me question the male (/just misogynistic?) perspective

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erikajoy's review against another edition

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challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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glacialis's review against another edition

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sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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exlibris_asrc's review against another edition

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emotional medium-paced

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

1.5

i wouldn’t be surprised if the wood in norwegian wood was alluding to a boner. nothing but whining, misogyny and senseless name-drops like ok we get it they all like Bach and you read American literature. this is just a horny Catcher in the Rye glazed with heavy(er) misogyny. i don’t care if people like it - whatever - but if this was Murakami’s way of challenging himself to write a “straight” and “simple” story then all he is without his dreamscapes is a massive pervert. pick another book.

⚠️ oh and by the way, the “romantic love scene” was SA ⚠️

i can only manage to stomach a 2-star rating but i give it a 5/5 on grossness.

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barker805's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense 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

Totally engrossing. So sad and yet throughout there is a vignette of hope and beauty that shine through

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emamoretti03's review against another edition

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emotional reflective sad medium-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

3.75

Devo dire che all'inizio non lo stavo apprezzando particolarmente. Ho letto prima altri libri di murakami a cui ho dato tutti 5 stelle, tra cui 1Q84, l'assassinio del commendatore e kafka sulla spiaggia. Ma questo non mi ha trasmesso le stesse sensazioni. Ho però apprezzato molto la retorica sulla morte e sul suicidio di questo romanzo e la specularità tra i rapporti tra Watanabe/Midori-Naoko/Kizuki.
Forse un po' troppo sesso, ogni 20/30 pagine c'è qualche scena di sesso o qualche discorso sul sesso, un po' too much, negli altri libri di Murakami non era ricorrente fino a questo punto

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kandisebrown's review against another edition

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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

2.0

Mediocre man has sex with every (deeply damaged) woman he encounters. 🙄

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mabel63's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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reverie_and_books's review against another edition

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funny inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

Ein Buch für Menschen, die gerne verweilen, längeren Erzählungen zuhören möchten und sich gerne in Details verlieren. Ein Buch zum Mäandern, jedoch ohne dabei leichte Kost zu sein. Im Gegenteil, psychische Gesundheit ist eines der Hauptthemen dieses Romans.

Die Erzählung spielt in Japan und begleitet Tōru, einem jungen Studenten. Er hat recht früh harte Verluste verzeichnen müssen, genau wie Naoko. Ihre Beziehung zueinander ist ein zentraler Punkt der Erzählung.

Über Tōru selbst erfährt man beim Lesen gar nicht allzu viel — trotz der ersten Perspektive. Das geschieht eher durch seine Taten und die Dinge, die ihm von anderen Charakteren gespiegelt werden.

Ich mochte das Mäandern sehr gern. Auch die vielen Details. Was ich nicht so gerne mochte waren die Frauencharaktere - in Summe hatten sie für mich etwas Unechtes (teils auch etwas Problematisches). Manche Witze sind auch in die Jahre gekommen, aber das ist als solches in Ordnung für mich. Insgesamt ist es ein sehr nettes Miteinander - nett im eigentlichen Sinne des Wortes. Schön sind auch die vielen Referenzen zu Musik und Literatur. Hier ist deutlich spürbar, dass Murakami ein großes Herz für diese Themen hat.

I really did not like the twist with Reiko. For me she was a more motherly figure, or at least something above physicality. I can’t explain it better than that

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vintagececee's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective slow-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? Yes

3.75

gives a new perspective on how depression consumes the mind.

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