Toby

if you want to enjoy the book, don't read Crow's plot, read Nakata's(the old man's plot). I'd give it a 4 if Kafka on the Shore was more about Nakata's psychedelic adventures

Nakata's plot is great, very surreal and dream-like, very open to interpretation

Could be a cultural thing but man do all of these sexual descriptions in the Crow's plot feel so unnatural and weird. It starts of small and escalates to sex scenes of a 15(if i recall) year old boy with women who are like twice his age(one of the scenes explaining all that as, *well actually the woman is mentally still a teenager*)

Screwed up is all I can say

It's certainly a very immersive book. There were some parts I personally disliked, but overall a great read

Surreal and magnificent

I have strong dislike towards the comedy parts of this book, they're very “millenial” and almost never land. Otherwise it's an easy read and I'd recommend it purely because of the premise and potential as a book series, although personally i'd probably wait until reading the second book.