Norwegian Wood
Ratings649
Average rating3.9
Closer to 3.5 stars. All along this felt like a book that I would have loved in my twenties, but now in my forties is just cute. There is some originality but overall, I don't think I'll remember much of this book in a year or two. The characters are not that deep and the traits are often over the top. Also, I don't know if it is because of cultural differences or just that the book was written a while ago, the depiction of women always there to please the dominating man doesn't feel right anymore. On the plus side, I listened to the audiobook and the narrator was top notch.
Closer to 3.5 stars. All along this felt like a book that I would have loved in my twenties, but now in my forties is just cute. There is some originality but overall, I don't think I'll remember much of this book in a year or two. The characters are not that deep and the traits are often over the top. Also, I don't know if it is because of cultural differences or just that the book was written a while ago, the depiction of women always there to please the dominating man doesn't feel right anymore. On the plus side, I listened to the audiobook and the narrator was top notch.
“Death is not the opposite of life but an innate part of life.”Wow. Reading this book was like reading an art, a masterpiece. It was my first time reading Murakami and I get why are there people who hate his work and people who absolutely love his work. And I'm one of the people who absolutely freaking loved it. The writing style is so beautiful it makes my soul happy. Reading it was like listening to a beautiful sad song that makes you nostalgic and you cry not because of sadness but because of how beautiful it is.I must wonder what the hell happened to Storm Trooper to disappear like that. Naoko also disappeared very unexpectedly. Her death was honestly a shock to me, I couldn't continue reading. I felt the same devastated emotions like Watanabe did and was happy that he didn't allow the darkness to swallow him like it did to Kizuki or Naoko. When he chooses Midori over Naoko, he basically chose to live and move on rather then be part of death.Some of the description of the women that Watanabe met might sound weird or even controversial. But it is from a adolescent man's point of view in the end.
“Death is not the opposite of life but an innate part of life.”Wow. Reading this book was like reading an art, a masterpiece. It was my first time reading Murakami and I get why are there people who hate his work and people who absolutely love his work. And I'm one of the people who absolutely freaking loved it. The writing style is so beautiful it makes my soul happy. Reading it was like listening to a beautiful sad song that makes you nostalgic and you cry not because of sadness but because of how beautiful it is.I must wonder what the hell happened to Storm Trooper to disappear like that. Naoko also disappeared very unexpectedly. Her death was honestly a shock to me, I couldn't continue reading. I felt the same devastated emotions like Watanabe did and was happy that he didn't allow the darkness to swallow him like it did to Kizuki or Naoko. When he chooses Midori over Naoko, he basically chose to live and move on rather then be part of death.Some of the description of the women that Watanabe met might sound weird or even controversial. But it is from a adolescent man's point of view in the end.
Closer to 3.5 stars. All along this felt like a book that I would have loved in my twenties, but now in my forties is just cute. There is some originality but overall, I don't think I'll remember much of this book in a year or two. The characters are not that deep and the traits are often over the top. Also, I don't know if it is because of cultural differences or just that the book was written a while ago, the depiction of women always there to please the dominating man doesn't feel right anymore. On the plus side, I listened to the audiobook and the narrator was top notch.
Closer to 3.5 stars. All along this felt like a book that I would have loved in my twenties, but now in my forties is just cute. There is some originality but overall, I don't think I'll remember much of this book in a year or two. The characters are not that deep and the traits are often over the top. Also, I don't know if it is because of cultural differences or just that the book was written a while ago, the depiction of women always there to please the dominating man doesn't feel right anymore. On the plus side, I listened to the audiobook and the narrator was top notch.
Incredibly sensitive and moving book. Detracted .5 for superfluous and uncomfortable sex scenes in later quarter of book that felt more fantastical than plot driven.
Incredibly sensitive and moving book. Detracted .5 for superfluous and uncomfortable sex scenes in later quarter of book that felt more fantastical than plot driven.
