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Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
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did not like it
bookshelves: 2020, japan-lit, to-reread

this book is fucked up in a lot of ways but the thing that grossed me out the most was the fact that whenever kafka was thirsty he drank milk 🤮MILK. who just chugs a carton of milk when they're thirsty?? ewwww go take a sip of water for a change you fucking WEIRDO i don’t ever want to be near you
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Reading Progress

March 9, 2020 – Shelved
March 9, 2020 – Shelved as: to-read
March 10, 2020 – Shelved as: owned-tbr
March 10, 2020 – Shelved as: immediate-tbr
March 26, 2020 – Started Reading
March 31, 2020 –
page 156
30.89% "me: so this is pretty normal for a murakami book so far-
murakami: so there's a man who harvests cat souls to create a flute. look, now he's cutting one open and eating its heart while singing a disney song.
me:
description"
April 5, 2020 – Shelved as: 2020
April 5, 2020 – Finished Reading
March 25, 2023 – Shelved as: japan-lit
March 25, 2023 – Shelved as: to-reread

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message 1: by Yasmine (new) - added it

Yasmine i loved reading this ty for the entertainment


emily Yas wrote: "i loved reading this ty for the entertainment"

my favorite kind of comments


message 3: by � may (new)

♛ may drag HIM 🤢🤢🤢🤢


message 4: by emily (last edited Apr 05, 2020 12:39PM) (new) - rated it 1 star

emily there are so many reasons to hate kafka tamura but the milk thing is where i draw the line


message 5: by jessy (new) - added it

jessy LMAOOO disgusting


message 6: by Laurel (new) - added it

Laurel It’s pretty common in Japan. But I can’t get behind it. Milk is nasty.


message 7: by Chloe (new) - added it

Chloe Wolfe Are you actually being serious or playing around? I just want to know if your crying over spilt milk.😅


emily Jessy wrote: "LMAOOO disgusting"

thank you


emily Laurel wrote: "It’s pretty common in Japan. But I can’t get behind it. Milk is nasty."

i love the japanese but God Dammit


message 10: by emily (new) - rated it 1 star

emily Chloe wrote: "Are you actually being serious or playing around? I just want to know if your crying over spilt milk.😅"

THE PUN wait now i can’t tell if you’re being serious


message 11: by Chloe (new) - added it

Chloe Wolfe Well yes, I'm genuinely curious.😁


message 12: by emily (new) - rated it 1 star

emily oh no i’m being dramatic 98% of the time i promise


message 13: by Chloe (new) - added it

Chloe Wolfe Fair enough🙂


message 14: by Yasmine (new) - added it

Yasmine dramatizing is amazing and this milk thing is trifling.


message 15: by emily (new) - rated it 1 star

emily the milk thing is probably the least disgusting thing that happened in this book i swear


message 16: by Yasmine (new) - added it

Yasmine that’s concerning


message 17: by Yasmine (new) - added it

Yasmine yes!


message 18: by emily (new) - rated it 1 star

emily absolutely


message 19: by Amelia Doris (new)

Amelia Doris Had too find you as your review was on business 😂😂😂


message 20: by emily (last edited Nov 29, 2020 11:39AM) (new) - rated it 1 star

emily John wrote: "this is the only review on this book that matters"

i love this comment thank you john


Chanii What he drank didn't bother me as much as how he fucked. I didn't know sex could be so robotic and cold and such a total turn off.


DZ✯ ELECTRIC CHAIR


LAKISHA OMG THIS IS FUNNY AS ALL GET OUT LOL


Namrata This made me laugh finally... while reading this Book... I was waiting for it to end, so I can conclude something out of it...but at the end it was so disappointing!! Agh


message 25: by emily (new) - rated it 1 star

emily Chanii wrote: "What he drank didn't bother me as much as how he fucked. I didn't know sex could be so robotic and cold and such a total turn off."

honestly his choice of sexual partners wasn’t really a turn-on either ;____;


message 26: by emily (new) - rated it 1 star

emily sol wrote: "ELECTRIC CHAIR"

THIS IS SO FUNNY PLS


message 27: by emily (new) - rated it 1 star

emily LAKISHA wrote: "OMG THIS IS FUNNY AS ALL GET OUT LOL"

i love that you rated this 4 stars but you still appreciated my rant lmao


message 28: by emily (new) - rated it 1 star

emily Namrata wrote: "This made me laugh finally... while reading this Book... I was waiting for it to end, so I can conclude something out of it...but at the end it was so disappointing!! Agh"

i couldn’t agree more tbh�. everyone was praising this book to no end but honestly it just scarred me . in a bad way


jessi ❀ LOL i was scarred from this book too. Couldn't even bring myself to write a review lol 😭


message 30: by emily (new) - rated it 1 star

emily jessi ❀ wrote: "LOL i was scarred from this book too. Couldn't even bring myself to write a review lol 😭"

MOOOOOOODDD you guys are my people <3


whitney thank you for speaking your truth queen


message 32: by emily (new) - rated it 1 star

emily <3


message 33: by Dion (new) - rated it 5 stars

Dion I love kafka but this made me laugh so hard


Autumn Bro, you've gotta try whole milk. The first time I tried it I fell in love (March 25th, 2021).


message 35: by emily (new) - rated it 1 star

emily enigmasvoice wrote: "what's wrong with drinking milk? are you american or smth? :))"

drinking milk is WRONG on so many levels and should be illegal everywhere


message 36: by emily (new) - rated it 1 star

emily Dion wrote: "I love kafka but this made me laugh so hard"

this made me smile thank you <3


message 37: by emily (new) - rated it 1 star

emily Autumn wrote: "Bro, you've gotta try whole milk. The first time I tried it I fell in love (March 25th, 2021)."

WHY DO YOU KNOW THE EXACT DATE AND ALSO YOU'RE WRONG PAL


message 38: by Farhina ↯↯ (new)

Farhina ↯↯ The Wanderer Of Inked Adventures dsfjhjkfjdfj WHY DO YOU HAVE EXACT DATE akfdsnkfndskfjdsfdfdsfsf

dying at this comment section


message 39: by Vandah (new) - added it

Vandah *agrees in lactose intolerant*


message 40: by Greg (new) - rated it 3 stars

Greg amy, I laughed and loved your perfectly logical reason for giving this book 1 star. But maybe Kafka IS a cat?


message 41: by emily (new) - rated it 1 star

emily Vandah wrote: "*agrees in lactose intolerant*"

lmaooooo thank you for being on my side <3


message 42: by emily (new) - rated it 1 star

emily Greg wrote: "amy, I laughed and loved your perfectly logical reason for giving this book 1 star. But maybe Kafka IS a cat?"

crying at the "maybe kafka is a cat" comment. honestly though, it wouldn’t even surprise me at this point 😭


message 43: by Sara (new) - rated it 3 stars

Sara I found somewhere on the internet that Franz Kafka actually drank large quantites of milk... maybe that's where the inspiration came from? 🤔


message 44: by Greg (new) - rated it 3 stars

Greg Autumn wrote: "Bro, you've gotta try whole milk. The first time I tried it I fell in love (March 25th, 2021)."

Autumn, it's almost a milkshake!


message 45: by Greg (new) - rated it 3 stars

Greg Chanii wrote: "What he drank didn't bother me as much as how he fucked. I didn't know sex could be so robotic and cold and such a total turn off."

At least people had clean underwear.


message 46: by Greg (new) - rated it 3 stars

Greg amy ☂︎ wrote: "Greg wrote: "amy, I laughed and loved your perfectly logical reason for giving this book 1 star. But maybe Kafka IS a cat?"

crying at the "maybe kafka is a cat" comment. honestly though, it wouldn..."


Amy, who knows? Would God be Colonel Sanders?


message 47: by C. (new) - rated it 4 stars

C. Clarke I, for one, hydrate myself with milk a lot of the time.


Zissis Kokorogiannis Only negative review of the book I will accept


message 49: by Quo (new) - rated it 4 stars

Quo As the saying goes: "If your can't be profound, be profane!" Well done...


A reader's canvas woww...this review is something else😂😂😂


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