Kafka on the Shore

More like a 4.5/5

Story : One kid runs away from home, because his father isn't there and he wants to find his mother and sister. On the other hand, an old man talks to cats and sets off on a journey to discover something mysterious. A lot of dreaming and a lot of sex and a lot of metaphors... I love it! Kafka's adventures are intriguing, same with Nakata's... if I think about it, Nakata was more interesting. Near the end I didn't really understand what was happening with that forest... he was dead, but not dead? Anyway, I laughed a lot of times and when someone died, some tears started to show up in my eyes.

Characters : Kafka is a teenager who wants to find himself, because he is lost and doesn't know what living means. Nakata is a charming old man, but he can't write or read, but in the end, he's okay with that and knows how to enjoy life. There are some side characters that are amazing, especially Hoshino... that man has some great jokes and one liners.

Overall : I thought this was going to be hard to understand, but it wasn't like that... I searched different interpretations and everyone picks up what resonates with them, I mean, even Murakami tells us this is going to be a methapor trip. I laughed, I almost cried and I couldn't let the book down once I started reading it... what more there is to say?