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A review by ashhes
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
3.0
Finally I never have to hear about Kafka's dick again
So I'll be honest this book wasn't bad. I don't regret reading it but I can't look past some very obvious issues for me personally. I don't know why he had to have sex with a 50 year old woman and his mom (?) at that. And there was also his potential sister that was way too old for him as well and then he raped her in a dream why?? I just hated Kafka throughout the book which isn't necessarily a bad thing if it's intentional but I feel like it wasn't. On another note it was really cool that there was a trans character but the way characters kept referring to him as a woman was unnecessary. Maybe there was something off in the translation but I didn't think it was handled very well. I don't hate this book at all but it's not something I would ever reread. There were parts of the story that I really enjoyed, like the talking cats and the whole mystery of what happened with Nakata. Pretty much his whole story line is what kept me reading the book. Okay that's enough complaining for me I definitely will be checking out Murakami's other books soon!
So I'll be honest this book wasn't bad. I don't regret reading it but I can't look past some very obvious issues for me personally. I don't know why he had to have sex with a 50 year old woman and his mom (?) at that. And there was also his potential sister that was way too old for him as well and then he raped her in a dream why?? I just hated Kafka throughout the book which isn't necessarily a bad thing if it's intentional but I feel like it wasn't. On another note it was really cool that there was a trans character but the way characters kept referring to him as a woman was unnecessary. Maybe there was something off in the translation but I didn't think it was handled very well. I don't hate this book at all but it's not something I would ever reread. There were parts of the story that I really enjoyed, like the talking cats and the whole mystery of what happened with Nakata. Pretty much his whole story line is what kept me reading the book. Okay that's enough complaining for me I definitely will be checking out Murakami's other books soon!