I sincerely wish I had as much time as I used to for writing longer indepth reviews. Will write a brief one here for what Ive read of the Haruhi Suzumiya novel series just to add some more content to this site. The Haruhi Suzumiya novel series holds a special place in my heart as it was the first translated light novel series I started reading. I ended up reading through Volume 9. Upon retrospect it is a mostly entertaining and quite flawed series that at least for me does not hold out too well collectively on rereads. To his credit Nagaru Tanigawa writes some excellent character interactions. I personally find that the series is at its best when Haruhi has anchored the SOS Club together to engage in some shenanigans. Kyons sardonic and sarcastic narrative voice is a strong aspect as well of the initial 5 books of the series. However as I proceeded through the series the plotting and pacing of the main arc increasingly frustrated me. He is not on the level of a Larry Sue but Kyons voice grates as his author surrogate character laments uncertainties and complaints repetitively and sorts through his attractions with all of the main female characters. I ultimately checked out of the final arc that Tanigawa has written to date and it looks like he wont be putting out any more because I found the creation of the parallel time lines to be too gimmicky and contrived. I still hope Yen Press issues reprints of the physical versions of the series at some point. The series is flawed but I do wish I still owned physical versions of all the Englishtranslated books. I certainly find myself revisiting the high points of the series which are the first and fourth books from time to time. The first Melancholy and fourth Disappearance books are incredibly charming experiences where the plotting characterization and pacing all come together. The second book did not contain enough plot material to sustain a whole novel in my opinion but in concert with the fun collection of short stories in volume three for which the narrative of the second book would have been better suited as a short story IMO they set up the wonderful payoff of the fourth book which will serve as the real conclusion as the series for me.