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120 reviews

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Beautifully written novel. I couldn't put it down. I'm glad I got to read it and now I'm awaiting the second book "Ruthless Vows" in the series. I highly recommend this novel.

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

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adventurous hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

I will hereby try to work towards fulfilling my personal legend as well. After reading this book, I feel hopeful and I'm even more motivated to do what I was always meant to.

I recommend reading this book at least once in your life.

1Q84: Book Three by Haruki Murakami

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

Finally finished reading all three books in the 1Q84 series. Phew! What a literary journey it was. I would now like to give my honest review for this series.

All the characters in the book were described down to their minute details which helped me to create a mental persona of them. So, kudos for that. Each character was written in such a way that there was something to respect as well as loathe about them.

The books tried to maintain a constant pace for the story but I truly feel that the book could have been shortened to two books instead of three. There were a fair amount of excessive drawn out chapters.

The ending felt a bit unsatisfying. There were many questions that were left unanswered. I like a book that ties all the loose ends together but this one felt incomplete.

In short, unnecessarily lengthy but a good story, memorable characters which had their good and bad sides, fairly okay chapter spacing with an unsatisfactory ending. So, I think those 4.0/5 stars are justified.

I would very much like to read other books from Murakami san but hopefully they aren't this lengthy! I enjoyed reading it :)

1Q84: Book One and Book Two by Haruki Murakami

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Elysium by Jennifer Marie Brissett

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 17%.

I was interested in the beginning and thought I was going to love this book but when the characters changed names, gender and relationships, it got confusing real fast and I started to lose interest. Someone said that the ending is worth the headache but I just couldn't finish it through. I tried I swear.

Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return by Marjane Satrapi

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challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

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dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced