Book Review："The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya" by Nagaru Tanigawa：

a.k.a Suzumiya Haruhi no Shoushitsu

【Review from a Japanese language learning perspective】

I’ve heard it said that this is the best book in the series, and I can see why. The story is gripping and the writing is engaging. It makes sense that this is the book that was adapted to a movie. This volume is shorter than the others and is one continuous story making it less episodic than the others.

In the end, I was surprised to find myself reflecting how the ideas of the story apply to my life. I’ve often thought about how I’d do things differently if I could go back in time and how much easier my life would be if I had done some things differently in my childhood. I’ve even thought about what I could do if I went back in time and could give myself some crucial information that would have changed my life for the better. But the story made me think about how the life I’ve lived has been so much more “interesting” and unusual than the life I could have had without the difficulties I’ve been through.