This month’s post-apocalyptic book club selection. Regardless of ‘the end of the world’ in the title, this is not actually a post-apocalyptic novel. It is, however, a remarkably excellent novel.The narrative is divided into two sections – in one, a young man works as a Calcutec, able to do feats of ...
This is my fourth Murakami. The first one I read was Norwegian Wood, which is often called his most "accessible" novel, I guess because it has no traces of the supernatural in it. I'd actually call this book the most accessible Murakami for genre readers, though: Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End o...
Some people, myself included, just don't completely get Murakami. His storytelling style is in turns psychedelic and wildly unrestrained, but also carefully directed. It works for some people, and it falls miserably short for others. There is so much contention on what Murakami's "best" and "worst" ...
The ending was not what I expected at all! I really enjoyed this book, and I found myself pondering what it would be like to be in your own "end of the world" brain trap. I wondered how mine would be constructed...if my brain could even have the ability to create something like that in the first pla...
The combination of the intimate and the irrational is probably what makes this fantastic piece of writing so exciting. It is unbelievable how the writer manages to combine a real twisty thriller with a romantic, onyric story about two lovers. I'll probably never understand what do you have to do to ...
So incredibly good, two stories that twist and turn and then finally come together. Murakami is absolutely amazing. Everything you could want in a book and more.
My last status update for this book claimed that it redeemed itself in the end, but I'm having second thoughts about that, hence the 2-star rating.My two stars should not put anyone else off this. It's more a reflection of the sense of disappointment I have overall when something doesn’t live up to...
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