Norwegian Wood

it took me so long to read this because i kept getting bored but i was curious enough about the hype to finish it.

why i didn't like this book:
Spoiler
1. the narrator is so pretentious for no reason
2. all the women felt very 2-dimensional and the only trait they all had was that they were emotionally dysfunctional but sexually desirable (to the narrator)
3. i was extremely disturbed by the way the female characters were encapsulated in this story because it emphasised the sexualisation and objectification of women, which is/was especially bad in this historical and cultural context.
4. no plot
5. overall made me uncomfortable (especially the sex scenes)

though i will admit i understand why people enjoyed this (the atmosphere of the seemingly mundane and ordinary with awful tragedies embedded in it)