A review by enjhk
After Dark by Haruki Murakami

mysterious reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

I understand why people like the prose of Murakami but I couldn’t admire the beauty of his writing because of the mediocre way he writes his female characters. The
Spoilerman who abused of the prostitute pissed me off but not as much as the fawning appraisal of his appearance and “powerful” aura
. And of course, I understand the intention of having the
Spoilerincest
as a metaphor of some kind but it was, even aside from it being unnecessary, a loose conclusion. 
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