The Ten Loves of Mr. Nishino

Me encanto, una historia simple muy bien contada , con un manejo impecable del tiempo no lineal.

I found this book captivating and really difficult to describe. I can see how it would be off putting, but I didn't really see it as a book about Nishino, so much as a book about women reckoning with their relationships with a significant romance in their life — it just so happens that all of the women were reflecting on the same romance.

Most of the characters were unlikable in some respects and made decisions that I found difficult to understand — but who hasn't watched a friend in love make inexplicable choices? I've thought about this book quite a lot since I finished it and I expect it'll stick with me for some time.

undoubtedly a waste of time.

what was the point? nishino SUCKS. he dates two women at once, always going between relationships like a monkey on tree branches and somehow NEVER getting attached. i didn't want to read 200 pages of women getting treated like crap for a good for nothing guy!!

also, what was the allure? can someone mcfreakin explain to me? did he shit gold or something?

Book #7 of 2020 – The ten loves of Mr Nishino – By Harumi Kawakami
3 out of 5 stars.

This book by Kawakami is told from the ten different perspectives of women who fell in love with Mr Nishino. Through these perspectives we learn about different facets of the title characters personality.

This is the third book I have read by Kawakami, but unfortunately this was the one I enjoyed least. There are just too many perspectives and I feel if the book was centered around just a few character you would get to know them better overall. In fact that is exactly what occurred in the previous two Nawakami books (Strange weather in Tokyo, The Nakano Thrift store) which I read and I adored.

I still enjoyed this book abut I feel it had potential to be much more than it is, it feels to me more like a short story collection which all revolve around the titular character and though it was okay, I just never felt much strong connection to the characters because of the constant shifting angles.