an incoherent rant review of The Wind-up Bird Chronicle by Murakami
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The Wind-up Bird Chronicle wound me up and made me lose my mind.
His writing style sometimes takes more concentration to really understand his words, but I definitely don’t mean that in a bad way. It’s just that his writing style is specific, but nonetheless, I like it a lot and his books are really engaging and more often than not, interesting that you are somehow always drawn to read more and not stop.
God I love your book rants lol I’ve read this one a while ago so I don’t remember much about it but I completely agree with you on Murakami’s main characters and the way he writes women. His main character is always (at least in the ones I’ve read so far) a bland, uninteresting, boring man. I feel like the main character in all of his books are the same guy or if you switched them not much would change lol. And his female characters are so soulless, have no depth at all like you said having a vagina feels like is their only character trait sometimes. It’s annoying to read. I laughed out loud when you said you wondered if murakami has ever interacted with a woman ever because I’ve thought about that before as well haha. But all of this aside I remember enjoying the book mostly apart from a 150 or so pages in between where I was quite bored and uninterested in the story. I like the simple way murakami tells a story. My favourite of him so far is Norwegian Wood and I wonder what your thoughts about it is going to be. It’s darker than his other stuff I’ve read. And there is no magical realism this time lol. I loved that book so much that I read it twice (once in English once in Turkish) even though I don’t usually do rereads. Thanks for the review, take care!
hahahah I'm glad you enjoyed the rant lol. Honestly If I ever read Murakami again it'll have to be Norwegian Wood I think. But I'll need some time to recover before I do the "reading misogyny for 500 pages straight" to myself again
I can’t help you. I never liked Murakami. 😅
that's very fair and very reasonable
I love the aesthetic in this video. The background and everything. Very nice setting:)
And great rant XD I really never could get into murakami.
I'm currently reading children of blood and bone because my cousin loves it I want to know what all the hype is about and to be honest I'm hating it. I'm sure you would hate it too XD but I'd love to hear your opinion on it if you have read it.
thank you!! and god, I've heard a loot of things about children of blood and bone and it really doesn't sound like my cup of tea at all :' )If I'm overcome with self loathing maybe I'll read it
I just finished it and came to YT. 100% agree. MC was the biggest loser. He was incredibly boring and bland. I didn’t hate the war bits because something actually happened during those and the characters were less dull, but the way he described Mongolian and Chinese people as subhuman???? The only likable characters were Lt. Mamiya, Cinnamon, and the cat. I liked Kumiko’s actions (especially at the end) but unfortunately she wasn’t given a personality 🙃 It honestly felt like reading a harem anime.
I've only read norwegian wood from murakami and despise it. It also has sexualisation of an underage girl and all women are written as stereotypes that find the bland main character fascinating for some reason.
omg same!! like the first 3 mins of her review could be applied to NW lol. the MC slept with almost *every* girl he met. towards the end of the book, when he effed *that person* as well, i was ready to chuck the book out the window and probably would have if i didn’t have the library copy lol. and for what. having zero personality. zzzz miss me with that nice guy shiz
damn Norwegian wood was the only one I had heard semi-good things about, so this is depressing -- truly I don't understand how he's so popular
I love Murakami, he is my favorite author but even I have to admit that the wind up bird chronicle is not my favorite
Yeah honestly I get the appeal but I think his books are a huuge hit or miss for me
Oh my God, you put my exact feelings into words! It makes a lot more sense now. My introduction to Murakami was his short story, With the Beatles, and I immediately felt disheartened because I had heard so many good things about the author. I am not entirely writing him off, but in terms of that story alone, the way he objectifies and trivializes his female characters, writing an incredibly flat female character, or sensationalising them to an unrealistic level, it was hard to stomach. The young, male narrator seems to sum up the significance of the female character that walks with the Beatles' album through the "fluttering of her skirt" and he sees her for a second, romanticises the idea of her, and then throughout the story he continuously compares his real-life girlfriend to the image of that her he saw for only a second and idealized. That and the narrator sees every woman as a placeholder he settles for, briefly awaiting something better, like they are less than human. It was a pretty unfortunate introduction to Murakami.
I've never really liked Murakami, he gives me the vibes of a man who only likes to (weirdly) write about his own persona, like a John Green type of guy🤢 tbh I think he is obsessed with cats...and not in a nice way
Righttt, I feel like he got famous off of writing fanfic for himself. Like generic chick x Y/N type shit
I was worried about watching this because I just finished the book and I actually liked it despite the typically Murakami-esque badly written female characters, but all your issues with it are totally valid!
Yeah honestly I really wanted to love this one! I guess Murakami just isn't for me anymore
Girl, don't read Men Without Women. I donated that book right after finishing it.
honestly I don't know If I'll ever make it to another Murakami lol
I tried reading Kafka on the Shore years ago and I had to dnf it because of the way female characters were written and how pretentious the writing was. I was so confused as to why everyone seems to love his books so much when they all have very similar issues and characters.
literally cannot tell one Murakami character apart from the other, all MCs could be the same as far as I'm concerned
Good rant. I read Kafka on the shore like five years ago. I liked it but Murakami hasn't been on my radar for a long time. And now that you mentioned it, Kafka on the shore had this weird chapter where two caricatures of "annoying feminists" get owned by one of the main characters. The chapter had nothing to do with anything of what was going on in book. It felt cringey even back then when I paid very little attention to stuff like this. It's a short and detached chapter so it won't ruin the book if you're ever planning to read it. But yeah I don't know what's up with Murakami and women.
Honestly I don't think I'm going to write off Murakami entirely, but Kafka On The Shore might be the one I've heard most shit about lol. So I'll probably check out the individual chapters to see what they're about
The character who was destroying the "feminists" was trans themselves, to me the chapter seemed to be about how horrible mediocrity is, and how people use the disguise of social issues that they don't care about to hide that.