A review by koberreads
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

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

5.0

One of his best and I consumed an audiobook version of this. But it is one of his most depressing as well and it tackles mental health especially in a time it was written mental health topics were not as widely spoken as it used to now. So this novel might have inspired the generation who read this to make the current generation be more vocal about depression and better our thinking and mental health

But sadly I wouldnt recommend this book to anyone who is depressed because the ending is very depressing

And spoiler alert:
One of the main characters committed suicide because she cant handle her depression.

Suicide is not a unfamiliar topic in Japan so no wonder Murakami wants to write about it.

It doesnt say he wants to inspire you to do it but rather he wants to paint a picture of reality, the darkside of reality. Because he is a writer and writers are artist just like realist painters

Like an realist painter to make her image on canvas she must not only write the light side of a landscape painting but also the dark parts of the landscape to make the scene more realistic