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Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami

tiago4tc's review

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emotional sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

emselilly's review against another edition

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4.0

One of Murakami's more accessible novels, as usual I loved the style and pace, and weirdly even enjoy being left with more questions than answers

belugabetter's review against another edition

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4.0

Kinda feel like this book is a metaphor of life in the sense that we don't always get the answers we want but we have to come to terms with it

handuhoupeters's review against another edition

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mysterious reflective medium-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

4.0

safekeeper's review against another edition

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2⭐ from the three hours I listened to.

Just too dull and dry, Richie should've probably stuck with Phillip K. Dick although this at least gave him some badly needed character development.

The protagonist was not only colourless but also hopelessly boring, and honestly, like Richie I thought this was why they abandoned him, because honestly it'd be enough to make anyone drop his ***. The talk and depictions of sex in this book just felt gross for some reason I can't quite put my finger on. According to reviews and the plot summary on Wiki there's also a false SA accusation, which I dislike as a plot device (especially with false rape accusations being incredibly rare in reality), and just feels wrong in a book that's this full of fantasies and depictions of sex.

brennacummings's review

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4.0

It should be illegal for Murakami to talk about women and sex. But alas he is an amazing author and I find it so easy to relate and empathize with his characters–especially Tzukuru.

nilesh_'s review

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adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

libary_of_mette's review

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emotional reflective
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Handler in Tsukuru, som i High School er i en meget tæt og harmonisk gruppe på 5. Alle i gruppen har en farve i deres navn undtagen Tsukuru, så han føler sig ofte tom og ligegyldig. Tsukuru vælger dog at tage på universitetet i Tokyo, mens de andre bliver i Nagoya. En dag da han vender tilbage afviser alle hans venner ham og ekskluderer ham fra gruppen. Han giver her hans navn endnu mere betydning - han passer nemlig ikke ind ved de andre. 16 år senere lærer han dog sandheden, samt hvad de virkelig tænker.

Bogen handler om hvordan afvisningen påvirker ham både dengang og senere i livet. Da han møder Sara bliver han nødt til at konfrontere vennerne for at få en afslutning, og arbejde med fortidens traumer. 


korol_rezni's review against another edition

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dark sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0


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uutopicaa's review against another edition

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5.0

ESTOY ENAMORADA DE ESTA NOVELA. La tengo entre las mejores lecturas de toda mi vida <3.

Creo que este libro me afecto de forma personal más de lo que podría haber sospechado. Por primera vez en mucho tiempo empaticé con un personaje y eso me ha llevado a sentirme cercana a lo que ocurre en la novela. El sentimiento de “irse lejos por algún motivo y que eso lleve al distanciamiento (o a la desaparición completa) de algunas amistades que antes habría considerado eternas” es algo que me llega como puñal directo al corazón.


De todas formas, aunque a mí el libro me haya fascinado en todos sus aspectos, sé que no es la clase de novela que puedo recomendarle a todo mundo. Creo que esta es la clase de texto que está pensado para el público adulto. Y por “adulto” no hablo de una edad particular, sino de personas que hayan entrado en la adultez en sus propias vidas, con obligaciones, empleos, independencia y demás (cosa que ocurre a distinta edad para cada uno). Algo me dice que los lectores que no hayan vivido todavía aunque sea los comienzos de esta etapa no podrán disfrutar de la trama y que la podrían considerar aburrida. ¡Obvio que hay excepciones! Todos somos distintos, yo hablo de una generalidad.

Tengo MUCHÍSIMO para decir sobre esta novela también en relación a la calidad narrativa, la técnica, la complejidad de sus personajes y demás. Pero eso lo encuentran en la versión completa que sale en mi blog:

https://pardonmispanglish.blogspot.com/2019/01/resena-los-anos-de-peregrinacion-del.html