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3.77 AVERAGE
3.77 AVERAGE
Beautiful, sad and touching. Just enough magical realism and unresolved mystery to delight but not disappoint. And with all the beauty and wonder that Murakami instills in his pages. The mundane always seem somewhat more significant after you’ve finished a Murakami book, as he scrutinises the details and detours that make up his characters’ lives. I find that once you’ve grappled with his mysteries you can step back and appreciate this aspect of his writing.
With all of that in mind I would consider this a superb entry-level Murakami. Since he’s so “marmite” as an author, this book will either entice you to read more or you’ll never touch him again. Either way you’ll have had a great glimpse into his ethereal style.
With all of that in mind I would consider this a superb entry-level Murakami. Since he’s so “marmite” as an author, this book will either entice you to read more or you’ll never touch him again. Either way you’ll have had a great glimpse into his ethereal style.
Such a magical journey you embark on whenever you start a Murakami book. This is no exception.
We follow a man named K, he is a primary school teacher. This is a story of his unrequited love for his college friend Sumire and Sumire's love for an older woman, Miu.
The story is about Sumire and her journey mostly but the author has also made it about Miu and K, although it is told through K's perspective. All of them seem to live a normal life like most of the Murakami characters until you get these dream worlds brought to life on paper. You just get engrossed into these magical realities that he creates so seamlessly and beautifully. I don't want to reveal much just that we all want to experience other realities and like K we are stuck in our own.
We follow a man named K, he is a primary school teacher. This is a story of his unrequited love for his college friend Sumire and Sumire's love for an older woman, Miu.
The story is about Sumire and her journey mostly but the author has also made it about Miu and K, although it is told through K's perspective. All of them seem to live a normal life like most of the Murakami characters until you get these dream worlds brought to life on paper. You just get engrossed into these magical realities that he creates so seamlessly and beautifully. I don't want to reveal much just that we all want to experience other realities and like K we are stuck in our own.
De nuevo, me ha atrapado la magia de Murakami. ¡Nunca me cansaré de leer sus historias!
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
mysterious
medium-paced
emotional
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
★★★★★ // i just know that every time i’ll think about this book, i would get this incredibly sad and nostalgic feeling. probably the most romantic yet heartbreaking Murakami i’ve read. that ending—oh, that ending.
Can't say I enjoyed this read - as a Murakami fan, this felt like a hangover from what was no doubt a long slog writing Wind-up Bird. For a short book, Sputnik Sweetheart was over narrated. While Wind-up Bird took the reader on a visual journey through the wells and hotel corridors of the "other world" - in Sputnik Sweetheart we're left with long-winded vague narrations of the teacher but little else.
I'm working my way through Murakami chronologically and have good reason to look forward to the next book: Kafka on the Shore.
I'm working my way through Murakami chronologically and have good reason to look forward to the next book: Kafka on the Shore.
تقریبا ۷۰ ٪ کتاب های موراکامی رو خوندم، و همیشه بیشترین انتظار ممکن از موراکامی رو دارم! ولی این کتاب!!!!!!! نه اصلا! تنها ستاره ایی که به این کتاب دادم برمیگرده به قسمت گیر کردن میو در چرخ و فلک و استفاده چندباره گربه در داستان پردازی!
dark
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A Classic Murakami with magical realism