A review by nyky
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami

mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

Lot of subtext about life in general in this novel. This would have been 5 stars except for 2 things: 1) lackluster ending, which I find is common to the coupler books of Murakami I've read. Everything is great until the ending and then it doesn't wrap up cleanly, thought that may be the point. 2) Weird sex stuff like ghost sex and rape. I don't know what the point of these weird and disturbing scenes are in Murakami's work but I think the book would be way better without. 
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