Reviews

Very happy to have read it, but sad that it’s finished, and I’ll now have to read something else that’s guaranteed to be inferior. Book 3 was better, but I think that was partly down to a smoother translation.
Dinged a quarter of a point because his female characters don’t seem to feel quite as real and fully formed as the male ones.
Recommended for Murakami fans and off-kilter fiction.

amylikestoread's review against another edition

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3.0

3.5*

chchcheeeey's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

logolepsy_e's review against another edition

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4.0

Forse sarebbe stato meglio non incontrarsi. Tengo, con gli occhi rivolti al soffitto, si fece alcune domande. "Non sarebbe meglio se rimanessimo separati fino alla fine, conservando il desiderio di incontrarci? In questo modo continueremmo a vivere mantenendo intatta dentro di noi la speranza di rivederci, un giorno". Una speranza simile a una sorgente di calore piccola, ma preziosa, che avrebbe scaldato il loro cuore. Un'esile fiamma che le mani avrebbero circondato per proteggerla dal vento. Per evitare che le violente raffiche della realtà la spegnessero.

zioale's review against another edition

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3.0

The feeling I got from the second book were only confirmed and amplified in this third one... I kept reading to see where it would go, but it just didn't go anywhere. Very repetitive until the last few chapters, which didn't provide any answer.
I wanted to like this story as it was recommended to by by a friend, but it just wasn't for me.

laila75's review against another edition

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mysterious slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character

5.0

tokisuno's review against another edition

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3.0

tf was that.

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