Reviews

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami

kacybraying's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

jackiefranklee's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Exquisite 

just_carin's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

anitaglein's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious relaxing sad slow-paced

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

5.0

fridge4's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

soapy's review against another edition

2.0

is it gauche to admit you skimmed a book??? after a certain point the from-scratch stories/characters stopped intriguing me and i just wanted to see how they all added up (

Spoiler

barely

).

but idk even when i don't like a murakami i just kinda respect the effort loi at least it was unique and felt like it had something to say

empoi's review against another edition

4.5

Reading Murakami is like running through a labyrinth, trying to find the exit inside of a dream connected to the real world.

It hard to explain how reading these books make you feel, but i like it.

lassi's review

slow-paced

3.25

Individual stories are brilliantly written but it doesn't come together at the end.

rebeccasophiemay's review against another edition

mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

Rated good. I have mixed emotions about this book. My first Murakami book. There is some gorgeous prose in here, some sentences that made me want to go back and highlight them even though that feels wrong to me. But then the female characters in this book are SO flat, two dimensional, completely lacking in personality, and totally written to satisfy Toru's sexual desires. This book felt boring and old because of the attitude towards women. And the ending was also somehow rushed after 600 pages? Was also surprisingly graphic and violent. Not sure why I've rated it 3.25/good but I did. 

kmbrly925's review against another edition

4.0

Trippy and weird but really liked it.