Book Review: Killing Commendatore

     Do you know about Murakami Haruki? If you don’t know about him, then after my review about his latest book, read his books. His books have depressing, supernatual, and fatalistic characteristics. But at the same time, his books have a power to read without being boring. Before read my review, here is a link which is helpful to understand Killing Commendatore more easily. https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/features/2018/jan/haruki-murakami-killing-commendatore/

This is a story about strange and weird things that a nameless portrait artist experienced after living his best friend Amada Masahiko’s father’s house. I will introduce you why this book is interesting.

 

First,  this book has a power to concentrate people to read it carefully. It deals with sensitive issues like the Nanjing Massacre, and the Second World War indirectly, but there is no inconvenience. The author melts it naturally with his humor.

Second,  this book gives mysterious feeling through its supernatural mood. I think the supernatural characteristic is the most attractive thing in this work. For example, the appearance of Commendatore makes the book’s atmosphere more fascinationg, and it makes plot flow naturally. If there was not mysterious mood, I think that the book could be boring.

Third, it succeeded to blend western thing and japanese thing. The story flows through western thing “Killing Commendatore”, but also uses japanese myth.

 

Finishing my review, I leave impressive quotes from this book.

“The hardship is bound to come, and it is a good chance to restart life. So, the more harsh it is, the more useful it is unless you are not frustrated with the hardship.”