A review by louiseimaquarium
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

I liked this one so much? It's sweet, dark and surreal at times, but every character besides Kafka himself was incredibly interesting to read about. Some parts were disturbing like
Spoiler when he literally sleeps with his mother and rapes his sister
Spoiler but I loved Nakata, Oshima, and especially Hoshino. Though I feel like the ending solved not all the mysteries that I was expecting to be solved by then. But I honestly did not feel bored once, and even if I did, seconds later there would be fish falling from the sky. Or someone talking to a cat. Just the usual. 
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