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1Q84 by Haruki Murakami

15 reviews

qi_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

omg get fucked i actually read it. will write a full review later

• book 1 = a much slower character study and can see that people might stop reading at this point since the plot meanders for while. however, since i enjoy character driven stories i didn't mind. 
• book 2 = plot picks up but not as fast as i expected. start to uncover the background but still was left unsure of where the plot would go because it was still a little bit stagnent. 
• book 3 = plot picks up again but it didn't feel rushed and was actually still quite slow and i was approaching the end and was still like so what is gonna happen. it did feel a little repetitive between the perspectives though. 
• ending = i have so many questions but im not mad about it ?? i would have gladly read another couple hundred pages just to answer the questions. however, i still felt satisfied which is quite weird. 

overall, i enjoy murakami's writing style and the what the fuckery that he brings is here (aND MORE)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Infidelity, Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

blueberryhotel's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective 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? Yes

3.75

the most unrealistic part of this book wasn’t the two moons in the sky, or the

weird cult that makes doppelgängers of young girls,

or the parallel universe thing. it was that

aomame is supposedly heterosexual

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Sexual content

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Incest, and Blood

Minor: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Dementia, Kidnapping, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

ruthiethetoothie's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Suicide, Violence, and Pregnancy

sarah984's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense slow-paced

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

1.0

This book really disappointed me. All of the characters sound fascinating in theory, and I liked the parallel universes idea, but the writing was just really bad. Important points are reiterated over and over like the reader might not be paying attention, and plot points are over-explained (there is a part in book 3 where the POV characters are constantly missing each other and the narration is constantly telling you exactly when they passed each other by even though it's obvious - it made me feel like Murakami thinks his readers are idiots). 

All of the characters talk about taking control but just get pushed around by the narrative. Most of them hardly do anything at all.

The writing around underage girls is gross, especially a plot contrivance which allows a major character (who is a teacher!!) to have guilt-free sex with a teenage girl. All of the female characters are written very poorly and described by their breasts even when they are dead.

The romance that is basically the whole point of the book is ridiculous.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Drug use, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Dementia, Kidnapping, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death and Incest

Minor: Fatphobia and Car accident

speroergosum's review against another edition

challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

I wrote a full review on my personal blog here: https://tobreathetohope.wordpress.com/2021/01/26/eerie-world-conflicted-review-1q84-by-haruki-murakami/

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Infidelity, Rape, Suicide, and Violence