The Wavering of Haruhi Suzumiya (The Haruhi Suzumiya Series) Paperback – Bargain Price, November 7, 2011

Okay, first, this isn't a novel, it's an anthology of five short stories. And if you've seen the Anime The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and the spin-off movie The Disappearance of..., well, you know two of the stories already.This is the good news: If you've seen the anime and the movie and wanted more from Haruhi, Kyon, and the gang, you're in luck! Three of the stories transcend the video existence of Haruhi Suzumiya. They're all new.If you've seen it all and want the story to keep going, this is a place to start.Of course, the writing is lightweight and fluffy. It's authentic and true to Kyon's voice as narrator, but, you know, War and Peace this ain't! :) I like it, but I'm easily amused.

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The sixth book in the `Haruhi Suzumiya' series of light novels contains a further five short stories of the adventures of the SOS Brigade.`Live Alive': The first story in the book is about the first day of the North High School Festival and sees Kyon get a surprise when he goes to see a concert being put on by the pop music club. This is an entertaining, if short, story that has some nice character development for Haruhi and is worth a good four stars.`The Adventures of Mikuru Asahina Episode 00': This story is the film that the SOS Brigade made and it is a brilliantly funny story. As with the anime adaptation, it is Kyon's narration of events that makes it so good and this is probably one of my favourite of the `Haruhi Suzumiya' short stories. This story is well worth a full five stars on its own and is probably my favourite one in this book.`Love at First Sight': This is quite a nice story that focuses on Nagato. The story sees one of Kyon's friends from Junior High call him saying that he is in love with Nagato. As she is one of my favourite characters, I will always like any story that focuses on Yuki and this one is no exception. The story has some quite sweet moments as well as some humorous ones and it is worth a full five stars.`Where Did the Cat Go': An okay story that details Koizumi's murder mystery game that takes place after the story `Snowy Mountain Syndrome'. The story is quite interesting and although the beginning is rather slow with a lot of scene setting but once that is done it does become quite interesting, although I did guess the identity of the murderer quite easily. Overall an interesting story that is worth four stars on its own.`The Melancholy of Mikuru Asahina': The final story in this book is one, as the name suggests, that focuses on the SOS Brigade's resident time traveller and sees her ask Kyon out to go buy tea together. While I am not much of a fan of Asahina I did quite enjoy this story as it does have a few nice moments between her and Kyon and does in the end have an interesting plot. I would probably give this story four and a half to five stars.Overall this was another good instalment of the `Haruhi Suzumiya' light novels that range from the funny to the thoughtful but remain entertaining throughout. Overall I will have to give this book a rating of four and a half to five stars.

Though Tanigawa's later novels are mainly in short story format, each story is linked to the main plot from his earlier books. They tend to fill in the blanks, elaborating incidents that happen in tandem with previous experiences suffered by the intrepid members of the SOS Brigade under their incorrigible leader, Haruhi Suzumia. Like Kyon, the reader can't quite understand how Tanigawa's heroin has worked her spell once again into forcing you to share in his suffering ...perhaps it lies in Kyon's own irresistible recounting of each adventure! (Do read other reviews that describe the plot of each story in greater detail.)