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3.77 AVERAGE
3.77 AVERAGE
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Sooo this was the first Murakami book I have read. All I can say is all the characters had an identity crisis at some point and now after finishing this book I feel like I'm having one too.
(quotes)
- Sumire was dead set on creating a massive nineteenth-century-style Total Novel, the kind of portmanteau packed with every possible phenomenon in order to capture the soul and human destiny.
- I remember very well the first time we met and we talked about Sputniks. She was talking about Beatnik writers, and I mistook the word and said ‘Sputnik’. We laughed about it, and that broke the ice. Do you know what ‘Sputnik’ means in Russian? ‘Travelling companion’.
- That we were wonderful traveling companions but in the end no more than lonely lumps of metal in their own separate orbits
- I’m in love with Miu. With the Miu on this side, needless to say. But I also love the Miu on the other side just as much. The moment this thought struck me it was like I could hear - with an audible creak - myself splitting into two. As if Miu’s own split became a rupture that had taken hold of me.
- If this side, where Miu is, is not the real world - if this side is actually the other side - what about me, the person who shares the same temporal and spatial plane with her? Who in the world am I?
- “When I was younger all kinds of people talked to me,” she said. “Told me all sorts of things. Fascinating stories, beautiful strange stories. But past a certain point nobody talked to me anymore. No one. Not my husband, my child, my friends…no one. Like there was nothing left in the world to talk about. Sometimes I feel like my body’s turning invisible, like you can see right through me.”
- Sumire was dead set on creating a massive nineteenth-century-style Total Novel, the kind of portmanteau packed with every possible phenomenon in order to capture the soul and human destiny.
- I remember very well the first time we met and we talked about Sputniks. She was talking about Beatnik writers, and I mistook the word and said ‘Sputnik’. We laughed about it, and that broke the ice. Do you know what ‘Sputnik’ means in Russian? ‘Travelling companion’.
- That we were wonderful traveling companions but in the end no more than lonely lumps of metal in their own separate orbits
- I’m in love with Miu. With the Miu on this side, needless to say. But I also love the Miu on the other side just as much. The moment this thought struck me it was like I could hear - with an audible creak - myself splitting into two. As if Miu’s own split became a rupture that had taken hold of me.
- If this side, where Miu is, is not the real world - if this side is actually the other side - what about me, the person who shares the same temporal and spatial plane with her? Who in the world am I?
- “When I was younger all kinds of people talked to me,” she said. “Told me all sorts of things. Fascinating stories, beautiful strange stories. But past a certain point nobody talked to me anymore. No one. Not my husband, my child, my friends…no one. Like there was nothing left in the world to talk about. Sometimes I feel like my body’s turning invisible, like you can see right through me.”
challenging
emotional
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Liked this novel, compared to some other Murakami's works. But ending was not very satisfying. Description of loneliness of narrator left a strong impression on me.
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
"Judging the mistakes of strangers is an easy thing to do - and it feels pretty good."
not like i understand what's going on but for the vibe
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes