Reviews

The Intrigues of Haruhi Suzumiya by Nagaru Tanigawa

brycei's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

mothmans_mum's review against another edition

4.0

My favourite Haruhi Suzumiya novel so far. It actually felt like there was character development, the plot was moving forward, and some questions were being answered!

bobbyman0330's review

funny reflective fast-paced

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

3.5

eizel's review against another edition

4.0

This volume is somewhat okay. Although there are times that it truly becomes monotonous but I guess that was part of Kyon's life, an ordinary human, would be. In addition, I'm truly interested as to the further character development and perception of the SOS members considering that that there personalities are gradually changing whether it may be for the better or for worse. There's a little hormonal imbalance of Kyon in this volume which is a great thing, my goodness. That thing was lessened. Considering that this volume involved Kyon's little defiance of what may happen in the future (that already another character portrayal), I would also like to see the part of Nagato as well. What could happen if she happen to say no and not act as a scapegoat of Kyon whenever something happens. What a damsel in distress— the protagonist I mean.

So far this has been a great journey. Looking forward to the next.

pov's review

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

unreliablebooknerd's review against another edition

DNFed because no mood but the story is interesting. Will get back at it later😉

ashleykitkat's review against another edition

3.0

"We don't know in advance what we're going to do in the future but the truth is we often don't even know what we were thinking in the past" is a great true quote from the afterward. Enjoyable book although it dragged on a bit.

pantsyreads's review against another edition

3.0

Why I Read It: I'm oddly addicted to this series, even though I much prefer the anime adaptation. These past couple of novels have chronicled events that haven't been covered in the anime though, which has been kind of fun. I don't actually have a lot to say so I'm just going to jump to the Final Verdict.

Final Verdict: The main plot of this volume of the series felt largely pointless. More time-traveling shenanigans? Performing small actions that will have larger ramifications in the far future? I just didn't find myself caring.

Some characters get a little more characterization though: Tsuruya gets more page-time in this volume than in previous ones, and she's given a little more dimension; Haruhi continues on her path of mellowing out and becoming kind-of-normal; Koizumi appears to be getting more and more jealous of Kyon and his centrality in the big events that seem to follow the SOS Brigade everywhere; Yuki is also becoming more and more normal, or as normal as she'll ever be.

So all in all, it was still kind of fun, despite not having the best plot. These characters continue to change and grow and that's definitely a plus.

samuraicdz's review

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.25

unreliablebooknerd's review

DNFed because no mood but the story is interesting. Will get back at it later😉