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Norwegian Wood

Haruki Murakami

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Nov 27, 2011 Diana rated it it was amazing

I've read this a few years ago and I only remember loving it to death. ...more

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Jun 27, 2013 Astrid Lim rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: literature, tragedy, asia, culture, dramatic, contemporary, psychology

Very dark and gloomy, yet really inspiring especially about life in Japanese culture. No wonder Murakami became one of the best modern classic authors nowadays. He pictured the depressing moments really well. The main character is very likable, although the sexual contents are sometimes a bit too much for my taste. Fortunately Murakami included some dark humor into the sex scenes. I think I would really interested to read more Murakamis.

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Sep 23, 2014 Shannon rated it really liked it

Read this book for the beautiful, haunting writing. Read it for the way the characters will break your heart over and over. Read it to glimpse another time and place (Tokyo in the 60s/70s). Read it slowly and have a lighter book in queue to follow it.

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Mar 05, 2011 Carly Thompson rated it liked it

Shelves: 2011, literary-fiction, japan, lit-in-translation

A coming of age story set in 1968-1970 Japan. The narrator Toru, is a quiet college student in Tokyo who loves Naoko, a beautiful woman who is severely depressed following the suicide of her boyfriend and Toru's best friend. Toru meets the lively Midori, a student at his university, and falls for her as well.

I enjoyed this book. Murakami's writing is elegant, even in the explicit sexual scenes. For a book about depression and passivity, it felt very alive (it was depressing however). I have nev ...more

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May 07, 2020 Deanna M rated it liked it

There’s a lot of sex. Narrator is 19 through most of the book so it’s understandable. But what’s the point of it? I’m not sure yet. I have to do a think on this book to see if I like it.

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Dec 03, 2009 Jen rated it it was amazing

Shelves: popular-fiction, world-literature

Wow, I loved this book. I think it's clear how it's probably going to end up for all the characters but even when it finally all comes about, it was still utterly heartbreaking. Each character had such depth I was feeling their feelings with them. Even the ones that we barely see were developed to such an extent it amazed me. While it's true that it's "just another love story" to me it's a modern love story that really tugged at me. In the end it's about choosing life and to live, even when it g ...more

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