A review by avidreadr
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami

dark reflective tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Like most of Murakami’s novels, this is a story about diving into one’s subconscious. Fighting  the darkness inside.  About fate, and responsibility, and time. 

Obviously the incest sections are beyond disturbing. I vacillate between understanding the “point” of these weird encounters and just really hating it and thinking it’s extraneous. Miss Saeki I can kind of understand but Sakura’s dream scene is beyond my comprehension
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