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1Q84
by Haruki Murakami
Mmmm. This is one of those books that makes you think and then makes you second guess what you're thinking. It's not a bad thing, just leaves a lot of itchy holes in my mind.
Aomane is a personal trainer who has been enlisted by a wealthy client of hers to become an assassin. Tengo is a math teacher hoping to be a novelist when a ghost rewriting opportunity comes to him. Both Aomame and Tengo step into a world that is no longer the 1984 that they know in Tokyo, Japan, but another realm dubbed 1Q84. From the story Tengo begins to host rewrite, he learns from it's teenage author about a world of Little People and religious organizations that speak for them. At the same time, Aomame is sent forth to kill the religious leader who is tied to the girl author and the story she wrote. I really liked the rhythm of this novel in the beginning, how all the characters and their intricacies were introduced. I was drawn into the world created in the story being rewritten by Tengo and solving the mystery of how everyone connected. It wasn't until the last section that this novel started losing me and I think it's mainly because a new perspective, that of the professional sent to find Aomame and Tengo, was introduced. I felt like it broke the flow of going back and forth between Aomame and Tengo. I liked the build up between them, of their past coming together. Though I also felt like they culmination was a little too unbelievable as they were too ready to believe the strangeness of what was going on around them. It was all a bit weird for me after their intimacy heightened even though they still hadn't connected. I also still have questions concerning the Little People and the Leader. I wish more was told and wrapped up better concerning this strange world. Maybe we're not meant to know. Maybe it is all meant to be strange and backwards.
Well, I did enjoy these characters and this story was intriguing. While I want to know more, I think I can also rest with the strange unknown.
Aomane is a personal trainer who has been enlisted by a wealthy client of hers to become an assassin. Tengo is a math teacher hoping to be a novelist when a ghost rewriting opportunity comes to him. Both Aomame and Tengo step into a world that is no longer the 1984 that they know in Tokyo, Japan, but another realm dubbed 1Q84. From the story Tengo begins to host rewrite, he learns from it's teenage author about a world of Little People and religious organizations that speak for them. At the same time, Aomame is sent forth to kill the religious leader who is tied to the girl author and the story she wrote. I really liked the rhythm of this novel in the beginning, how all the characters and their intricacies were introduced. I was drawn into the world created in the story being rewritten by Tengo and solving the mystery of how everyone connected. It wasn't until the last section that this novel started losing me and I think it's mainly because a new perspective, that of the professional sent to find Aomame and Tengo, was introduced. I felt like it broke the flow of going back and forth between Aomame and Tengo. I liked the build up between them, of their past coming together. Though I also felt like they culmination was a little too unbelievable as they were too ready to believe the strangeness of what was going on around them. It was all a bit weird for me after their intimacy heightened even though they still hadn't connected. I also still have questions concerning the Little People and the Leader. I wish more was told and wrapped up better concerning this strange world. Maybe we're not meant to know. Maybe it is all meant to be strange and backwards.
Well, I did enjoy these characters and this story was intriguing. While I want to know more, I think I can also rest with the strange unknown.