The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya
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Summary
It's the end of the world as we know it - or is it？
Gorgeous， confident， and demanding， Haruhi Suzumiya is the leader of the SOS Brigade， a club comprised of her high school's most extraordinary students。 So when Haruhi is bored， it's up to the SOS Brigade do something about it。 In this sequel to the clever and uniquely witty The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya， the SOS Brigade goes along with Haruhi's scheme to make a movie for the school's upcoming festival。 But when filming begins， strange things start to happen， and Haruhi-who has no idea she's a goddess with the ability to destroy the world-starts to show her devastating powers。
Could the end be near？ Or is it just another day at high school？ You never know when Haruhi is involved！
Join the frenzy and the fun with this second book in the phenomenal bestselling series that took the world by storm with over 4。5 million copies sold。
Gorgeous， confident， and demanding， Haruhi Suzumiya is the leader of the SOS Brigade， a club comprised of her high school's most extraordinary students。 So when Haruhi is bored， it's up to the SOS Brigade do something about it。 In this sequel to the clever and uniquely witty The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya， the SOS Brigade goes along with Haruhi's scheme to make a movie for the school's upcoming festival。 But when filming begins， strange things start to happen， and Haruhi-who has no idea she's a goddess with the ability to destroy the world-starts to show her devastating powers。
Could the end be near？ Or is it just another day at high school？ You never know when Haruhi is involved！
Join the frenzy and the fun with this second book in the phenomenal bestselling series that took the world by storm with over 4。5 million copies sold。
Reviews
cameron
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I desperately want to watch the movie they made
Robert
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Similar to Daniel's writing style。"It has the ring of reality to it" （39）。"I'm sounding like the main character now" （41）。 Similar to Daniel's writing style。"It has the ring of reality to it" （39）。"I'm sounding like the main character now" （41）。 。。。more
Alfio
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No es mejor que el primer libro， pero por suerte se acaba rápido。 Algunos de los monólogos de Kyon son interesantes o divertidos， pero en general el personaje es un pesado。 Cuando alguno de los otros protagonistas quiere dar un poco de exposición Kyon salta y los bloquea con su pesadez。Con todo es muy entretenido， no veo la hora de llegar a las novelas que no se adaptaron en anime para saber como sigue la historia。
Riley
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Um。。。What is this？ I literally just felt uncomfortable whenever I tried to read it。 I literally couldn't finish it， and I almost always finish whatever book I'm reading even if I don't like it。 There was just something off about the way everyone fetishized Asahina。 Also， why do all the members of the SOS Brigade stay with Haruhi when she's described as the worst possible human being？ Why are they friends with her？ All she ever does is make them miserable。 I started reading this book， and then di Um。。。What is this？ I literally just felt uncomfortable whenever I tried to read it。 I literally couldn't finish it， and I almost always finish whatever book I'm reading even if I don't like it。 There was just something off about the way everyone fetishized Asahina。 Also， why do all the members of the SOS Brigade stay with Haruhi when she's described as the worst possible human being？ Why are they friends with her？ All she ever does is make them miserable。 I started reading this book， and then didn't pick up for two week straight， and picked it back up again only to become instantly creeped out， and stop reading it。 This just makes me feel gross， and maybe there's a bigger explanation as to why they all stay with Haruhi， and why they treat Asahina as creepily as they do， but， frankly， I don't want to know。 This book is gross。 。。。more
Ben
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Mixed feelings on this one。 It had a couple good moments， but it also suffers a lot of repetitive pontificating on the nature of Haruhi and whatever the nature of her power is。 It'd be interesting to rewatch the adaptation of this now because if I recall correctly this entire volume is condensed quite a bit。 Anyways， with the announcement of a new volume being published for the first time in nearly a decade， I guess I should get my butt in gear and finish this read。 Mixed feelings on this one。 It had a couple good moments， but it also suffers a lot of repetitive pontificating on the nature of Haruhi and whatever the nature of her power is。 It'd be interesting to rewatch the adaptation of this now because if I recall correctly this entire volume is condensed quite a bit。 Anyways， with the announcement of a new volume being published for the first time in nearly a decade， I guess I should get my butt in gear and finish this read。 。。。more
Julia Harris
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Another fun Haruhi book。 It gets a bit repetitive at the end and it's something that translated better into the Anime。 But a must read for all Haruhi fans Another fun Haruhi book。 It gets a bit repetitive at the end and it's something that translated better into the Anime。 But a must read for all Haruhi fans 。。。more
kordan
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 I'm not going to lie but the characters annoy me in this volume with the exception of my girl Nagato。 The second volume is such an eye-roll。 Here we have a time-travelling girl （I assume to be a pretentious person）， an esper boy that looks like a side character， the brigade chief who thinks everyone as normal and boring， and a hormonal， self-centered idiot of a main character。 Well Nagato is an exception as such that even though her character is monotonous， she is quite great。 The reason was tha I'm not going to lie but the characters annoy me in this volume with the exception of my girl Nagato。 The second volume is such an eye-roll。 Here we have a time-travelling girl （I assume to be a pretentious person）， an esper boy that looks like a side character， the brigade chief who thinks everyone as normal and boring， and a hormonal， self-centered idiot of a main character。 Well Nagato is an exception as such that even though her character is monotonous， she is quite great。 The reason was that， I grew fond of Ayanokouji Kiyotaka from Classroom of the Elite who happened to share both close personalities。 Timid but definitely strong。 。。。more
Sunshine
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Hugely disappointing。 Loved the first book and looked forward to the next one but this book just helped kill any motivation to continue the series。 Hardly anything happens except Kyon lusting after Asahina the entire time they're trying to make a movie。 This novel is basically just a filler episode and I had to force myself to finish it to see if anything of note happens。 Hugely disappointing。 Loved the first book and looked forward to the next one but this book just helped kill any motivation to continue the series。 Hardly anything happens except Kyon lusting after Asahina the entire time they're trying to make a movie。 This novel is basically just a filler episode and I had to force myself to finish it to see if anything of note happens。 。。。more
Abby Evangelisto
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AKA， "The Fanservice of Mikuru Asahina"Man， what a let down。 The first book was excellent， but this one was just plain boring。 The story actually could have been interesting， but it could have been told in 50 pages or less。 It just really seemed to drag on with no real conclusion in sight。 The big overarching question/conflict is resolved in a short paragraph on one of the last pages， which just feels like a cheap cop-out。 And oh my word， the fanservice。 This entire book is basically just one Mi AKA， "The Fanservice of Mikuru Asahina"Man， what a let down。 The first book was excellent， but this one was just plain boring。 The story actually could have been interesting， but it could have been told in 50 pages or less。 It just really seemed to drag on with no real conclusion in sight。 The big overarching question/conflict is resolved in a short paragraph on one of the last pages， which just feels like a cheap cop-out。 And oh my word， the fanservice。 This entire book is basically just one Mikuru fanservice scene after another。 I don’t know why I expected differently after seeing the cover， but it was so annoying I almost stopped reading。 It seems like the majority of scenes in this book involving Haruhi and her pushy personality were simply written so the author would have an excuse to put Mikuru in suggestive situations。 What’s almost worse than this is Kyon’s reaction to said situations。 He’s overprotective of Mikuru but sexualises her at the same rate as everyone else， like he’s the only one allowed to do so。 It’s just insufferable and disgustingly sexist。 And what’s up with Koizumi？ Why is he so incredibly lacking in personality and why does Kyon hate him so much？ I don’t know。 I think I’ll finish the next one I own and then be done with this series。 The anime was actually far better at this point。 。。。more
Alien
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Oh disappointment！I liked the first book。 This is only the second book in the series， but if feels like the 10th。 It feels like the auther has run of ideas and inspiration for his series。 But he cranks out another book， because the fans are eager for it and he needs the money。 There are no cool ideas， there is no character development。 The cliches have been established and are repeated over and over again。 Did the author have writer´s block？ Did the pressure of the success of his first book weig Oh disappointment！I liked the first book。 This is only the second book in the series， but if feels like the 10th。 It feels like the auther has run of ideas and inspiration for his series。 But he cranks out another book， because the fans are eager for it and he needs the money。 There are no cool ideas， there is no character development。 The cliches have been established and are repeated over and over again。 Did the author have writer´s block？ Did the pressure of the success of his first book weigh him down？ I quit after half of the book 。。。more
Hermione Granger
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ハルヒの「朝比奈みくるの冒険」という映画の創作。アニメがぴったり！ キョンも相変わらず面白いナレーター。第三冊も読みたいと思う。
Will E
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Continuing my way through the series。 This one is fine。 I remember this arc in the anime being pretty fun， but I didn't find it as fun here。 A little too long， and it just sort of ends， without any sort of real climax。 I can't tell if it's the way the book presents the story versus the anime （or at least my memories of it） but in the show I found Haruhi annoying （and she's clearly supposed to be） but still charming， in her way。 Now I just think she's a brat and a sociopath。 It's amazing to me no Continuing my way through the series。 This one is fine。 I remember this arc in the anime being pretty fun， but I didn't find it as fun here。 A little too long， and it just sort of ends， without any sort of real climax。 I can't tell if it's the way the book presents the story versus the anime （or at least my memories of it） but in the show I found Haruhi annoying （and she's clearly supposed to be） but still charming， in her way。 Now I just think she's a brat and a sociopath。 It's amazing to me now that I found tsundere an attractive personality type。 I wonder if the team at Kyoto Animation was just really good at refining a rough product into something much more polished。 。。。more
Patrícia
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RATING: 2 starsThis book was just meh。 Haruhi was just so annoying and awful， with no redeeming qualities， just a spoiled child。Kyon was too passive。 And there just wasn't that impact that the first book had。Didn't help that I've already read the manga and saw the anime。 This book just doesn't work in book form I guess。 RATING: 2 starsThis book was just meh。 Haruhi was just so annoying and awful， with no redeeming qualities， just a spoiled child。Kyon was too passive。 And there just wasn't that impact that the first book had。Didn't help that I've already read the manga and saw the anime。 This book just doesn't work in book form I guess。 。。。more
Justin Paramanandan
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It's always going to be a tough act to follow when you are a sequel to a successful introductory book。 This book is one of them - it took me a long， long time to actually finish this due to the main focus being Kyon's inner monologues。I think I can understand that the author wants us to put ourselves in Kyon's shoes， but this is stretching it。 His constant anger towards Koizumi and his distaste towards Haruhi made me feel sad about the other characters and thus made me feel like a drag to be in It's always going to be a tough act to follow when you are a sequel to a successful introductory book。 This book is one of them - it took me a long， long time to actually finish this due to the main focus being Kyon's inner monologues。I think I can understand that the author wants us to put ourselves in Kyon's shoes， but this is stretching it。 His constant anger towards Koizumi and his distaste towards Haruhi made me feel sad about the other characters and thus made me feel like a drag to be in his thoughts。I would just wish that The Boredom of Haruhi Suzumiya has a lesser focus on Kyon， but more so on other characters。 。。。more
Javier
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3 estrellas porque tengo un lugar especial en mi corazón para la ＳＯＳ Ｂｒｉｇａｄｅ。En realidad en este segundo tomo pasa poco y nada; hasta podría decirse que es una novela de temática slice of life， mas que sobrenatural。 De todas formas， los personajes siguen siendo sumamente atractivos， con Nagato y Shamisen a la cabeza del ranking en esta parte de la historia。 Sobre el final， se introduce una intriga que， de desarrollarse en obras posteriores， puede resultar fundamental en el desarrollo del univers 3 estrellas porque tengo un lugar especial en mi corazón para la ＳＯＳ Ｂｒｉｇａｄｅ。En realidad en este segundo tomo pasa poco y nada; hasta podría decirse que es una novela de temática slice of life， mas que sobrenatural。 De todas formas， los personajes siguen siendo sumamente atractivos， con Nagato y Shamisen a la cabeza del ranking en esta parte de la historia。 Sobre el final， se introduce una intriga que， de desarrollarse en obras posteriores， puede resultar fundamental en el desarrollo del universo Haruhi， una especie de bisagra para poder entender al resto de los miembros de la Asociación。 All in all， diría que es un libro exclusivamente escrito para lectores de la novela anterior y seguidores acérrimos de Haruhi。 No me ha molestado tanto la obsesión por Mikuru como a otros reseñadores， aunque me gustaría que no fuese tendencia en el futuro。 。。。more
Paola Moncada
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（3。5）Amo demasiado el universo de Haruhi Suzumiya， pero este libro se me hizo un poco lento （a pesar de que sabía todo lo que iba a ocurrir） y tedioso。La escena de la pelea entre Haruhi y Kyon la sentí más floja de lo que esperaba （porque la de la serie me dejó shook）， pero reí mucho al leer las locuras que se le ocurren a Haruhi。
José A。 Moreno
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It's pretty much the same as the anime episode minus the singing bit。Consistenly fun。 It's pretty much the same as the anime episode minus the singing bit。Consistenly fun。 。。。more
Casia Courtier
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Haruhi Suzumiya is probably one of my favorite animes。 I love the character dynamics and the off the wall humor that goes on。 As such， when I found out it was a series of light novels too， I went for it。 I had read book one years ago （don't ask me the number） and finally got around to reading book two just recently。If you've seen the anime， book two follows one of the story arcs in season two fairly well。 You see the SOS Brigade make their movie and how Haruhi is able to change the world， but st Haruhi Suzumiya is probably one of my favorite animes。 I love the character dynamics and the off the wall humor that goes on。 As such， when I found out it was a series of light novels too， I went for it。 I had read book one years ago （don't ask me the number） and finally got around to reading book two just recently。If you've seen the anime， book two follows one of the story arcs in season two fairly well。 You see the SOS Brigade make their movie and how Haruhi is able to change the world， but still be oblivious that she has done that。 Honestly， I didn't like it as much as the first book and really， I didn't care for this story arc in the anime either。 It's not bad， it's just not the best。 I do have the other books though and am planning on reading them later on。Final Rating: 3/5 。。。more
Enter
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AKA， "The Fanservice of Mikuru Asahina"Man， what a let down。 The first book was excellent， but this one was just plain boring。 The story actually could have been interesting， but it could have been told in 50 pages or less。 It just really seemed to drag on with no real conclusion in sight。 The big overarching question/conflict is resolved in a short paragraph on one of the last pages， which just feels like a cheap cop-out。 And oh my word， the fanservice。 This entire book is basically just one Mi AKA， "The Fanservice of Mikuru Asahina"Man， what a let down。 The first book was excellent， but this one was just plain boring。 The story actually could have been interesting， but it could have been told in 50 pages or less。 It just really seemed to drag on with no real conclusion in sight。 The big overarching question/conflict is resolved in a short paragraph on one of the last pages， which just feels like a cheap cop-out。 And oh my word， the fanservice。 This entire book is basically just one Mikuru fanservice scene after another。 I don’t know why I expected differently after seeing the cover， but it was so annoying I almost stopped reading。 It seems like the majority of scenes in this book involving Haruhi and her pushy personality were simply written so the author would have an excuse to put Mikuru in suggestive situations。 What’s almost worse than this is Kyon’s reaction to said situations。 He’s overprotective of Mikuru but sexualises her at the same rate as everyone else， like he’s the only one allowed to do so。 It’s just insufferable and disgustingly sexist。 And what’s up with Koizumi？ Why is he so incredibly lacking in personality and why does Kyon hate him so much？ I don’t know。 I think I’ll finish the next one I own and then be done with this series。 The anime was actually far better at this point。 。。。more
Jorge de la Vega
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I must admit I'm not sure whether Tanigawa expected his original novel， The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya， to develop into a long-running series， as the ending to that one was very satisfying -albeit still rather inconclusive for the premise it was dealing with-， and he could've left it at that。 The subtle but quite substantial character development that ending provided was， sadly， thrown out the window in favor of more Suzumiya-brand shenanigans for this sequel。 Here， Haruhi is at her absolute I must admit I'm not sure whether Tanigawa expected his original novel， The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya， to develop into a long-running series， as the ending to that one was very satisfying -albeit still rather inconclusive for the premise it was dealing with-， and he could've left it at that。 The subtle but quite substantial character development that ending provided was， sadly， thrown out the window in favor of more Suzumiya-brand shenanigans for this sequel。 Here， Haruhi is at her absolute worst in terms of likability， and the reader not only has to feel for Kyon and the rest， but also wonder if the titular character is。。。 well， worth reading about。 That's how infuriating she becomes throughout this story， and in the wake of the previous novel's ending it feels。。。 wrong。 Still， this behavior at the same time allows for some poignant development opportunities for the rest of the cast， Kyon in particular， who up until now had been your average disgruntled straight man。 We get to see a deeper， heck even darker side to him， and that ultimately evens the score for this book。 By the end we find both main characters have grown up some， and while it's done in a rather tacky way， it's a nice stepping place for the next one， with the story itself now fully aware of its intent to become a longer series。 。。。more
Brandon
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 "What a pain。"Use wit and tact to save the world from destruction， beat the crap out of bad guys， no questions asked， hold limited ESP battles within a conveniently small world， and throw in some random human melodrama。。。"Fact of the matter is， I'd prefer it that way。 If I have to be dragged into a world that sounds like it's out of fiction， give me something that's way out there。 The more removed from reality， the better。"Perhaps the words which best describe the Haruhi Suzumiya series， and Jap "What a pain。"Use wit and tact to save the world from destruction， beat the crap out of bad guys， no questions asked， hold limited ESP battles within a conveniently small world， and throw in some random human melodrama。。。"Fact of the matter is， I'd prefer it that way。 If I have to be dragged into a world that sounds like it's out of fiction， give me something that's way out there。 The more removed from reality， the better。"Perhaps the words which best describe the Haruhi Suzumiya series， and Japanese light novels at large， our narrator Kyon laments the overall mundane nature of his universe， being mostly a perfect replica of our own world （well， the 2003 version， at least） except with some light fantastic elements injected throughout， in contrast to the high fantasy of the earlier novel series Slayers or the sci-fi space opera of Crest of the Stars。 The thing is， as far as I'm aware， this is an almost uniquely Japanese form of speculative fiction， and its reach spreads wide into newer stuff like The Devil Is a Part-Timer， or even "isekai" stories where people are shifted from our real world into a parallel fantasy world。（Un）fortunately， this particular novel revels too much in the mundane。 As the parentheses suggest， it is both a good and bad thing。 For one， the novel feels mostly like a slice-of-life story， showing the main SOS Brigade members hanging out， free of the burden of dealing with Haruhi's imagination and its world-changing effects - at least until the narrative demands we shift into a greater conflict。 In a sense， the novel parallels its predecessor。 In Melancholy， we spent about half of the book following Kyon and his initial meetings with Haruhi， Yuki， Mikuru， and Itsuki， before the latter three eventually revealed their true identities to Kyon， along with second-hand accounts of Haruhi's identity （or their distinct interpretations thereof） as well as the connections between them， after which shit begins to hit the fan。 Here， we already know of aliens， time travelers， and espers， so we get to witness some simple dicking-around by the main cast， fueled now by Haruhi's desire to film a movie for their school's culture festival， before the plot actually kicks in about halfway through the novel - in this case， when Haruhi's overactive imagination causes reality to bend according to her script for the film。In contrast to the previous novel， Sigh doesn't really end with a big climactic battle with a Celestial in closed space， but rather fizzles out gently with Haruhi unconsciously editing the film in a way that satisfies her desire （that is， the finished product of the film is good enough for her， but perhaps more importantly is she got to spend some alone time editing the film with Kyon [okay， she fell asleep almost immediately， but I guess for her it was the thought that counted]）， with Kyon having ultimately saved the day not with a fairy-tale kiss but simply by forcing Haruhi to deliver a voiceover at the film's end signifying the fictional nature of the picture， conveniently avoiding Koizumi's suggestion to convince Haruhi to end the film with an "it was all a dream" scenario， which would too blatantly mirror Melancholy's ending （Haruhi mistaking the kiss with Kyon as a weird dream）。If it couldn't be deduced by my above comments， the negative part of the novel being so mundane is that seems to contrast too heavily from the first novel's apparent promise， concerning a group of teenagers tasked with keeping an omnipotent being from rewriting the fabric of the universe。 Obviously that does happen here， but it is on a much smaller scale than Koizumi's Agency and their battles with the Celestials。 As mentioned above， this novel has something of a non-ending。 At about page 180 you can tell nothing really "big" is going to happen， and the text proceeds to blaze through mention of a few extravagant events within the span of a solitary paragraph。 Earlier， the only crazy events include Asahina inadvertently shooting laser beams and razor-wire out of a contact lens in one of her eyes （as per Haruhi's wish for the Combat Waitress Mikuru Asahina character）， but the two scenarios are so simple compared to the alien robot fight or the first Celestial encounter in the first novel。 And then you have a flock of doves changing color， spontaneous cherry blossoming， and a talking cat， all of which are significantly smaller in scale - or， at least， they aren't so relevant to our main characters as the eye beams were， though they are large enough events to potentially draw the concern of outsiders。As with the last novel， some of the best material here involves the growing relationship between Haruhi and Kyon。 Unlike the last novel， Asahina doesn't seem to be in the running for a relationship with Kyon， though at least he still seems interested enough in Asahina （and not so much in Haruhi） that it doesn't completely undo the events of the previous novel （namely， that Haruhi caused a Celestial rampage in closed space because she subconsciously thought Kyon and Asahina were getting too familiar）。 Bonus points to Koizumi for mentioning the possibility that Asahina could have been selected by her organization and/or could have manufactured her own personality to best attract Kyon， who was the closest individual to Haruhi。 It is cute as fuck when Haruhi starts to shift a little toward the "deredere，" but I will not fault him for wanting to punch Haruhi when she almost made Asahina into her personal toy with her words。 Shit was spooky。Lastly， Koizumi best boy。 He drops some potentially devastating bombs on Kyon， only to pull the "haha I'm probably just joking" card - always a fun turn of events。Postscript: I'm not sure if it is the case for all paperbacks or just my copy in particular， but there are so many fucking typos in my book that it was almost hard to read at points。 And there were cases were the language did technically make sense， but strange syntax made it seem weird。 Kind of bothersome。 I mean， it's a light novel， but still。 Also， I bought this so I could finally watch the anime， only to find out half of season 1 covers the short stories in Boredom， and Sigh is actually in season 2！ That said， it was kind of neat Tanigawa teased the premises to the Boredom stories within this novel， even if it seems like they've had little consequence what with all the callbacks to Melancholy。Post-postscript: I realize I kept using Haruhi's given name while using everyone else's family name。 Especially confusing since I introduced the other SOS Brigade members by their given names。 Obviously readers of the series would be able to follow， and anyone who has not read the novels should not read this anyway because of the spoilers。 Still， it felt weird to constantly type "Suzumiya" over "Haruhi，" but it felt worse to refer to Asahina by her given name。 Maybe I'm thinking too much like Kyon。 Thank god （heh） he is referred to by this nickname rather than anything else。 。。。more
Vlad
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Stopped at 60%。 It's unbelievably boring。 NOTHING happened for 60% of the book。 I can't torture myself with this any longer。 Stopped at 60%。 It's unbelievably boring。 NOTHING happened for 60% of the book。 I can't torture myself with this any longer。 。。。more
Quinlan
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The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya is a solid sequel to Melancholy， and covers the misadventures of Kyon and the SOS Brigade as they （attempt to） make a movie for the school festival。This books features more comedic moments and unexpected supernatural occurrences than the previous， and for many might be more enjoyable。 I don't want to spoil these occurrences but I will say some of them are more comedic in the anime adaptation due to the presence of audio。 Definitely something fans of the series will en The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya is a solid sequel to Melancholy， and covers the misadventures of Kyon and the SOS Brigade as they （attempt to） make a movie for the school festival。This books features more comedic moments and unexpected supernatural occurrences than the previous， and for many might be more enjoyable。 I don't want to spoil these occurrences but I will say some of them are more comedic in the anime adaptation due to the presence of audio。 Definitely something fans of the series will enjoy， but those new to the series should definitely read Melancholy first。 。。。more
Andersen Albert
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My least favourite book in the series so far。 It was still very entertaining， with the usual character antics shining through， but it was definitely a lot slower than it needed to be。I still recommend this book， but if you don't like the characters， I don't see you liking this one。 My least favourite book in the series so far。 It was still very entertaining， with the usual character antics shining through， but it was definitely a lot slower than it needed to be。I still recommend this book， but if you don't like the characters， I don't see you liking this one。 。。。more
Jack Smack
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Was ok。
Jesi
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I'm looking for a way to describe my feelings for this book。 On one hand the series has such an interesting premise: Japanese authors follow different rules than western writers。 I haven't read many other books by Asian authors so I can't say the same for it all。 The main purpose of this series: What if God was one of us？ Sorry， not sorry， I had to be punny there （the song？）。 And what if this God wasn't aware of it and， as such， accidentally began to rearrange the world when bored with nothing b I'm looking for a way to describe my feelings for this book。 On one hand the series has such an interesting premise: Japanese authors follow different rules than western writers。 I haven't read many other books by Asian authors so I can't say the same for it all。 The main purpose of this series: What if God was one of us？ Sorry， not sorry， I had to be punny there （the song？）。 And what if this God wasn't aware of it and， as such， accidentally began to rearrange the world when bored with nothing but a thought。 That's Haruhi and those of the SOS are the few who are aware of it and are attempting to keep her happy to save their world。 As such， they get into a lot of trouble and the characters are varied enough to keep everyone amused without being too large of a cast。 So what's the problem？ The problem is the slow build up， there's not much action in the first half of the book， it didn't flow as easily as the first one， and there was a large time gap （six months） between the first book and the second， but the events are mentioned in a way that the implies the reader is already aware。 So if you read them in publication order （as I am） it gets a little confusing。 The third book follows the events in between the first and second， I've read， in a series of short stories bound together。 。。。more
Metal Nyankos
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I started reading this book for more reality-bending madness and only finished because character （view spoiler）[Shamisen the Talking Cat （hide spoiler）] was that good。 Meowgnificant， even。It's worth noting that， in the book's afterward， author Nagaru Tanigawa adds that he hadn't intended on this book existing - he had no plans for a series of 'Haruhi' books。 Keep that in mind when， and if， you read this book because the lack of a plan definitely shows。 This volume saw a noticeable drop in qualit I started reading this book for more reality-bending madness and only finished because character （view spoiler）[Shamisen the Talking Cat （hide spoiler）] was that good。 Meowgnificant， even。It's worth noting that， in the book's afterward， author Nagaru Tanigawa adds that he hadn't intended on this book existing - he had no plans for a series of 'Haruhi' books。 Keep that in mind when， and if， you read this book because the lack of a plan definitely shows。 This volume saw a noticeable drop in quality from 'The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya。' It's repetitive， less funny and failed to match the tension of the 'The Melancholy' - a book which is fantastic and absolutely worth purchasing。 In 'The Sigh，' Kyon makes too many asides and is so obsessed with Asahina that， as a reader， his infatuation with her is practically a nuisance。While the repetition is no doubt thematic and Kyon's infatuation no doubt plot relevant， there are ways to work these elements into a story that don't leave the reader checking to see just how many pages he has left to read。 After 'The Sigh' I am questioning my interest in reading any farther into the 'Haruhi' universe。 Reality-bending？ More like "book-closing。" 。。。more
Nate
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。。。。Maybe it was just me？Okay， so I watched the anime first， both seasons and the movie。 I like it a lot。 By the time I had watched， season 3 had been begged for for several years， and the movie had been out for about 3。 When rather giving a proper third season they went with the Nagato spin-off， I figured the only way I'd really get the whole story was to read the light novels。 I don't do so well with light novels。 I like good prose。 It seems the prose here was incredibly simple， even before tr 。。。。Maybe it was just me？Okay， so I watched the anime first， both seasons and the movie。 I like it a lot。 By the time I had watched， season 3 had been begged for for several years， and the movie had been out for about 3。 When rather giving a proper third season they went with the Nagato spin-off， I figured the only way I'd really get the whole story was to read the light novels。 I don't do so well with light novels。 I like good prose。 It seems the prose here was incredibly simple， even before translation， and as someone with a decent knowledge of the Japanese language， I'm willing to bet that the translator *also* isn't giving particularly good prose。 With the exception of most expository dialogue about the nature of Haruhi， most of it follows the simple grammar of Japanese。 A translator's job is not just to translate the literal words on the page， but to also translate the it into what would actually be said in another language。 Which means the prose should at least be decent， even if it isn't in Japanese。 Beyond that， Kyon is just such a pain in this volume。 I liked the first one okay， I could put aside the simple prose because the rest was enjoyable。 But I got so tired of him complaining about Koizumi and creeping on Asahina every chance he got， and then some。 Also， I just wasn't particularly fond of the plot in this volume。 It picks up near the end with all the implications of what could happen if Haruhi started to believe the stuff in the film was real， but even in the anime this was one of my least favorite arcs。 I'm glad I watched it in Kyon order， because if I'd watched in Haruhi order， I wouldn't have made it past the first episode （the movie they create）。 Hopefully the next one won't be so bad it takes me almost a year to finish it as well。 Then again if I take a year each， maybe they'll reboot the anime and actually finish it this time。。。 。。。more
Adnan
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just as good as its predeceaser
Annie
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