The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (light novel) (Volume 4) (The Haruhi Suzumiya Series, 4)

The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya is another quirky adventure in the life of Kyon, the only normal member of the SOS Brigade, created by Haruhi to have lots of fun seeking out the strange and paranormal. It is also where things take on a decidedly more fantastic turn than even the short stories and longer stories in the previous three books.Kyon and the rest hear their tyrannically over-exuberant leader's plans for a Christmas party, and go about to prepare for everything. Everything seems to be going fine for Kyon until he wakes up the next morning and discovers that everything about the world he lived in has changed. Haruhi isn't at the same school at him, the alien human-android Nagato is an ordinary human, Koizumi and Asahina are not an esper or time-traveler respectively. What is going on?Kyon eventually finds out that Haruhi is NOT the one responsible for this situation. Whatever she is and whatever the true extent of her powers might be, the high school-aged reality warper has had her powers stolen and used by someone else. The guilty party could not stand how Haruhi was constantly (though unwittingly as she doesn't KNOW she has powers and might do something rash if she found out) making everyone's life miserable and took it upon themselves to change the world to stop Haruhi.At the end, Kyon is forced to face two uncomfortable truths. First off, he LIKES the SOS Brigade, and wants things back to normal (as abnormal as that normal is). The second revelation is how he realizes he has taken things for granted too much and not helped to keep Haruhi under control more. She obviously has a crush on him, and he didn't do enough to keep her antics in line.All in all, this is a more straight-forwardly fantastic story than the more quirky previous stories. That made it more interesting. Oh, they still have many of the humor and quirky bits in the story that the franchise is known for, but the genre-shifting here was kinda cool.It's a very fun story and one I heartily recommend. Not just for the above reasons, but also because this helps lead to (from what I have read) a more serious long-term storyline in the rest of the novels.

This book is the 4th of the Haruhi Suzumiya novels, so you should probably read the first 3 before buying this. But besides that there is no reason not to buy this amazing book, which would be adapted to a better movie. Overall 9.5/10

Note: This is book 4 in the series. The reader is expected to be familiar with (at minimum) the events of book 1 and "Bamboo Leaf Rhapsody" from Book 3.Fans of the first book in the series The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya may have been a bit disappointed with the next in the continuity (The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya. It was fun sure but a bit fluffy. Likewise, The Boredom of Haruhi Suzumiya in its short story format had the same problems. Disappearance is another full-length addition to the franchise and the best sequel yet. I don't want to say too much about the plot and spoil anything but it has quite a few surprising twists Even if you've wavered on continuing the series pick this one up. You won't be disappointed.

This is easily my favorite book in the Haruhi Suzumiya series so far. I really wish it could have been longer because it certainly didn't feel all that long while I was flying through the pages. Having seen and greatly enjoyed the movie first, I had high hopes and expectations for this book. Boy, did it deliver. It is worth buying and worth reading even if you have seen the movie.Don't miss this one.

Outside of the original, this is my favorite book in the series so far! After 2 so so books in the series, at least compared to the 1st, this entry helped rekindle my interest in it all, reminding me of why I fell in love with it to begin with. Everything takes on a bit of a darker tone this time around. Just about everything you used to know about Haruhi Suzumiya at this point has suddenly changed, leaving you to read on to discover why. The whole thing reminded me of "It's a Wonderful Life", if it took place in Japan. If you've been a faithful follower of the Haruhi series at this point, this book will not disappoint you.

A wonderful story set during the Christmas season. Very It’s a Wonderful Life feel. Highly recommended.

Any light novel featuring the great character Haruhi Suzumiya is bound to be great, and indeed I found this to be a great work.This is one of the relativly few light novels released in America compaired to the rapid influx of manga titles.A plus to this edition is that the covers are made of heavy cardboard stuff.

My favorite book of the series (and also an awesome movie). What happens when Haruhi suddenly disappears? Read to find out.

ottimo

100% recomendado!! me facino la pelicula pero tengo que admitir que mientras mas leia, sentia la desesperacion de kyon y el querer estar junto a Haruhi simplemente estupendo!

This book and the movie are pretty darn identical, except that the movie looks great on top of being tremendously faithful. If you've seen the movie already, the book doesn't really add anything (unlike, say, how the book The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya adds some information that was left out of the anime).

Les gens parlent souvent du film comme étant de très bonne qualité, laissant un souvenir mémorable du passage du roman en anime. Je me suis personnellement réservé la surprise de la lecture, en découvrant l'histoire avec la plume de Tanigawa. Et je dois dire que le roman est aussi réellement bon.Pourtant, la trame commence simplement: La brigade SOS vit son quotidien surnaturel mais finalement paisible. Jusqu'à ce que Kyon soit embarqué du jour au lendemain dans un problème de paradoxe temporel bouleversant de A à Z le monde qu'il connaissait. Mais au fur et à mesure de la lecture le scénario s'enrichie, se densifie, et la tension ne retombe qu'aux dernières pages du livre. Chaque péripétie est d'une importance monstre, les rebondissements sont intelligents sans être lassants et la narration de l'histoire à travers Kyon fait toujours son petit effet. C'est d'ailleurs grâce à ça que le personnage continue à prendre en épaisseur pour notre plus grand plaisir, et c'est aussi le cas des autres (de certains autres en particulier dans ce roman, mais préciser spoilerait), qui ne sont pas oubliés.Au final on avale les 180 courtes pages qui constituent ce light novel, avec une seule envie: lire le prochain.

Bel libro, leggibile tranquillamente in lingua inglese anche se non molto esperti.