化物語 (上)
Light novel
volume 1 of 物語
alternative titles:
Monogatari Series: First Season, 〈物語〉シリーズ ファーストシーズン
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Amazon has an an additional Audible only 化物語（中）title which does not appear in print. This Audible editions do not contain different content than the books as far as we're aware - it's simply spliced up differently.
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(4.11/5)April 24, 2022
April 9, 2024
wow!
Bakemonogatari is many things: occult mystery, harem romance, sekaikei, but primarily it's a vehicle for the characters to chat and banter with each other. Most of the writing is dialogue, and most of its length is in conversations that don't themselves push the plot forwards. This book is very much about the journey, not the destination, and that journey goes through countless jokes about language, references to history and Japanese pop and consumer culture that you may never have heard of. I'v
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Good thematic writing and funny dialogue
Bakemonogatari displays flashes of brilliant character writing mixed in with witty dialogue, and a lot of references.
While the dialogue is, at times, completely nonsensical and hilarious, the book also deals with heavier topics, such as mental health and trauma, in an interesting way.
The language used can be quite difficult, especially since the writing can get very metaphorical at times, and the book is laden with heavy-handed references to things such as literature, culture and history. Th