A review by williamzzengg
Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami

5.0

who can really distinguish between the sea and what's reflected in it? or tell the difference between the falling rain and loneliness?

I chose to read this book because I immensely enjoyed Murakami's Norwegian Wood. I related to the feelings of loneliness and just...something missing...that the novel evoked. Sputnik Sweetheart started off very similar and I thought it would just be Norwegian Wood but worse (but still really similar, so worth a read even then!) but then

the magical realism came in. And oh my god. I thought I did not enjoy Murakami's magical realism as much when I read Kafka on the Shore (still good!), but it was very well done in Sputnik Sweetheart. The two worlds seemed to communicate a lot about love and the lack of it. The loneliness. Ooh.

but what is a sign and what is a symbol? as with all Murakami books (probably, hopefully) there are far too many symbols to understand with only one read. What is blood and why is it inside me already?!

But alas. I really like this book. Will it like me back?
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