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Men Without Women: Stories by Haruki Murakami

anthares's review against another edition

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4.0

3.5
drive my car - 4/5
yesterday - 3/5
das eigenständige organ - 5/5
scheherazade - 1/5 (what the fuck war das?)
kinos bar - 5/5
samsa in love - 2/5
von männern, die keine frauen haben - 3/5

manche der geschichten sind das schönste und tiefsinnigste, was ich dieses jahr gelesen habe und der rest sind entweder vergesslich oder müll? wie geht sowas? aber wenigstens konnte ich mit freunden über scheherazade lachen, also eher 4 sterne als 3 i guess

andymascola's review against another edition

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4.0

A collection of seven short stories. All the tales are told from the perspective of men, though women (and memories of women) feature throughout. Some great stuff here. The story that the movie Drive My Car was inspired by is in this book. Liked it a lot.

shebookie's review

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slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.5

thelayne's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

rhodesy101's review against another edition

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challenging emotional reflective fast-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

3.0

sofiroa_'s review against another edition

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emotional inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

jessicaesque's review against another edition

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4.0

Enjoyable Murakami — some were more to my taste than others. Kino and Drive My Car and Scheherazade were probably my favourites, and thankfully I didn’t dislike any. Short stories are often a gamble! I do wish there has been more magical realism, and overall some of these short stories could have delved deeper into reflection of the realism they embraced.

kenziereadsthings54's review against another edition

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4.0

4.5*

Not the titular short story making me weep.

ahlebak's review against another edition

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

4.5

apislibrary's review against another edition

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reflective fast-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

2.0

i don't wanna hear abt another erections