Yes. You heard it right, Kafka On The Shore indeed is a masterpiece and the reason could be attributed to only one person i.e Haruki Murakami, the writer of this novel who with his brilliant imagination and storytelling proficiency makes Kafka On The Shore a beautifully written novel. Now let's jump right into the technicalities of this book:
1. Story: The story is about a teenage boy Kafka who runs away from his home, the other story is about an elderly man named Nakata who is able to talk to cats(yes you heard it right). The story follows a structure called "Parallel storytelling" where two stories work simultaneously and meet at a point in time, and believe me when I say this that this is the only book which has both stories interesting, magical and every adjective you can think of, Murakami has done such a beautiful job in creating this masterpiece in such a way that you cannot put it down once you've started reading it, the book contains un-dead soldiers, flying fishes, talking cats and what not. The story does have some co-incidences to make the plot go forward but when you think about it, the co-incidence makes perfect sense so as to why a certain action had happened all credit to Murakami. I can go on forever explaining why this book is a masterpiece but since it's a non-spoiler talk I'll keep it short
2. Characters: The characters are just phenomenal, each character is given an arc which makes them much more believable and makes the story even more interesting, resulting in the reader imagining himself/herself in place of Nakata or Kakfa. It's just brilliant
3. Structure: Just phenomenal. This is the kind of book which you cannot express in words, this book is something that you need to feel for yourself to truly understand it's magic
The only...I repeat the only point that might bug some viewers is the open end ending, "Open end" is a term used when the ending of a book/movie is left up-to the viewers imagination. I personally love these types of ending, though I can understand why some people might not enjoy it. But if you can foresee the previous point, I can bet that you will love this movie.
INDIVISUAL SCORES:
Story: 10/10
Characters: 10/10
Structure: 9/10 (The open end ending might disappoint some readers)
OVERALL SCORES:
9.7/10
In the next blog you will see my thoughts on a movie trailer whose fans had to fight for 3 years
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