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A review by spicycheesecake
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
Beautifully written, but that one chapter with the (TW: ANIMAL ABUSE) cat murders disgusted me and threw me so far off that I stopped reading for weeks.
If I ever pick this up again, I'm skipping that chapter.
Update:
1 year later, I've finally picked back up this book and finished. I am so glad I did
What the fuck did I just read though?
Weird shit. Weird shit. Weird shit. Weird shit but it all worked out so well in the end. What the sigma fr
My first Murakami book!! I'm not going to lie, when I got to that chapter about all the cats and the Things happening to them, I thought it was over. I thought I had picked up my first Murakami, saw the terrible things he wrote about, and thought that it was the end of me and Murakami. I will not forgive him for that disgusting, god-forsaken chapter. I'm glad that I re-picked up the book though. The storyline and all the characters were so epic. I love Nakata. I love Hoshino. I love Mr. KFC guy.
There are a lot of things that I just don't understand. But I feel that there is beauty in not understanding some of the story. Though I think that some of my knowledge was lost in my 1-year gap of putting this book down. What is the role of the boy named Crow? He seemed to be a minor character. As much as I love Nakata, why was it *him* of all people to be the one to go on this journey to find the entrance stone? What was the relation of the beginning storyline of the teacher and all her unconscious students? Why did Nakata think that Kafka's dad was named Johnnie Walker? Why was there sex in the story?? Why was there so much cat gore in that one chapter?? Some of it seems unecessary.
Anyway yeah. I kinda don't want to think about this book anymore. But it was so weirdly good. I want to read more Murakami though, if anyone has any recommendations!!!
If I ever pick this up again, I'm skipping that chapter.
Update:
1 year later, I've finally picked back up this book and finished. I am so glad I did
What the fuck did I just read though?
Weird shit. Weird shit. Weird shit. Weird shit but it all worked out so well in the end. What the sigma fr
My first Murakami book!! I'm not going to lie, when I got to that chapter about all the cats and the Things happening to them, I thought it was over. I thought I had picked up my first Murakami, saw the terrible things he wrote about, and thought that it was the end of me and Murakami. I will not forgive him for that disgusting, god-forsaken chapter. I'm glad that I re-picked up the book though. The storyline and all the characters were so epic. I love Nakata. I love Hoshino. I love Mr. KFC guy.
There are a lot of things that I just don't understand. But I feel that there is beauty in not understanding some of the story. Though I think that some of my knowledge was lost in my 1-year gap of putting this book down.
Anyway yeah. I kinda don't want to think about this book anymore. But it was so weirdly good. I want to read more Murakami though, if anyone has any recommendations!!!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Blood, and Murder