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adventurous dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Would be 5, if Murakami written women normally. 

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adventurous dark informative mysterious reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated

5.0

A Wild Sheep Chase is the third novel of Haruki Murakami’s The Rat quadrilogy. 
While it can be read as a stand-alone novel, I was glad I read Hear the Wind Sing and Pinball, 1973 first. 
The preceding novels gave me just enough background information. 
Although I love the way Murakami can write stories with no plot, the storyline in A Wild Sheep Chase was just what was missing in Hear the Wind Sing and Pinball. The obscure plot drew me in immediately and I could not lay the book down. 
In The Rat #1 and #2 I could not stand the character The Rat. In a way, he was boring and unlikable, but I fell in love with him at the end of A Wild Sheep Chase
Despite Murakami’s reoccurring mysogyny, A Wild Sheep Chase is a Masterpiece. 

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