Reviews

Gefährliche Geliebte by Haruki Murakami

tylerco's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

joanamlr's review against another edition

4.0

Murakami. Como um dia de muita chuva passado em casa com uma chávena de chá ao lado. Familiar na sua essência. Às vezes não compreendo porque gosto destes livros - os elementos surrealistas, a sexualização irreverente e insistente, as personagens algo perversas e algumas exasperantes... ingredientes que eu não equacionaria ver num livro que me fosse fazer boa companhia... e no entanto, cá estamos. Não me lembrarei desta história mas decerto não esquecerei a sensação que tive, mais uma vez, a ler este autor: um quentinho desconcertante, um reencontro controverso e familiar.

adent92's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.25

squirrels_and_books's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

ilmeathead's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective relaxing 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? Yes

4.5

xyus's review against another edition

5.0

Classic Murakami. Loved the atmosphere he always manages to create. I enjoyed reading every page of it.

jmtapp's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

This book is heartbreaking, yet beautiful at the same time. A simple boy who grew up with regrets, living a life that was evidently perfect on the surface, only to feel hurt on the inside. Murakami continues to weave romance and mystique into beautiful works of art in his books, with this book painting such beautiful settings with various characters who all lead us to a void within ourselves. Gorgeous.

lorenaraz's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

kitkatkyew's review against another edition

4.0

great story abt every persons’ complexities, read this at a very relatable time in my life

bluereen's review against another edition

3.0

"I didn't feel like I was in my own body; my body was just a lonely, temporary container I happened to be borrowing.”

***

It’s Norwegian Wood except the character is older... and married. The narrative was very personal and reading it made me feel like I was in the man’s head. As always, Murakami ends the book vaguely— though I’d like to believe it was a hopeful ending.