4.03 AVERAGE


My friend and OT recommended this and it was brilliant. True to style it leaves many questions unanswered but I think I loved it all the better for that.

DNF at 60%

*4,5
adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Murakami always delivers this unique kind of borderline fantasy. Sometimes lengthy, sometimes lost, , but an experience nevertheless. 
adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

worst book ever to try and start reading again
emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

LOVED some parts (Nakata storyline), but others, not so much. Weird book, it's complicated. Do not regret reading but would probably not read again.

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adventurous emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

like twin peaks if david lynch had never met a woman before 
mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated