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A review by ameliatmoss
1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
2.0
OKAY. This was my dive into Murakami books and I decided to choose the fuckin mack daddy big boi fatty book and now I'm done and I've got some feelings.
For about 48% I loved it. His writing is beautiful, the plot was interesting, I was, as they say, into it. Then we hit the halfway-ish mark and I started trying to figure out where it was going. It was getting repetitive, but he was referencing famous literary giants (Chekhov and Proust and others) and I was like, okay, this will come together. Well kids, nah. There were FAR too many questions unanswered and references un-explained. Unless I am the thickest, daftest human on the planet and missed it. Some key questions that I would love answers to:
1. Who was the NHK collector who kept knocking on their doors?
2. Is Tengo just never gonna find out about his mom?
3. Why did they have to discuss boobs so much?
4. Was the making it okay to have sex with minors because they aren't ~actually real people~ fucked up or???
5. Literally why are they making an air chrysalis from that dead ogre's body?
6. Who are the little people?
7. What happens to Fuka Eri?
I am HERE for ambiguous endings. I love thought provoking, but why, why dear fuckin lord, after 800+ pages, did this man not answer my questions? What did I miss?
Okay, last little rant is about the love story. I honestly felt Aomame was a sociopath until she was in the world with two moons so when she finally admits she's in love and isn't just a robot with random feelings for her boobilicious friends I just...Didn't buy it. ALSO, What happened to Tengo's lover? I just. yeah. nope.
All in all, I kept thinking about a class I took in college called Large Novels, where we read and analyzed the largest novels written (War & Peace, Bleak House, Moby Dick) and WHY they were large. Why was this book so large? Anyone? Because time is long? To show how long they waited to be together? What purpose did it serve? Anyone?
For about 48% I loved it. His writing is beautiful, the plot was interesting, I was, as they say, into it. Then we hit the halfway-ish mark and I started trying to figure out where it was going. It was getting repetitive, but he was referencing famous literary giants (Chekhov and Proust and others) and I was like, okay, this will come together. Well kids, nah. There were FAR too many questions unanswered and references un-explained. Unless I am the thickest, daftest human on the planet and missed it. Some key questions that I would love answers to:
1. Who was the NHK collector who kept knocking on their doors?
2. Is Tengo just never gonna find out about his mom?
3. Why did they have to discuss boobs so much?
4. Was the making it okay to have sex with minors because they aren't ~actually real people~ fucked up or???
5. Literally why are they making an air chrysalis from that dead ogre's body?
6. Who are the little people?
7. What happens to Fuka Eri?
I am HERE for ambiguous endings. I love thought provoking, but why, why dear fuckin lord, after 800+ pages, did this man not answer my questions? What did I miss?
Okay, last little rant is about the love story. I honestly felt Aomame was a sociopath until she was in the world with two moons so when she finally admits she's in love and isn't just a robot with random feelings for her boobilicious friends I just...Didn't buy it. ALSO, What happened to Tengo's lover? I just. yeah. nope.
All in all, I kept thinking about a class I took in college called Large Novels, where we read and analyzed the largest novels written (War & Peace, Bleak House, Moby Dick) and WHY they were large. Why was this book so large? Anyone? Because time is long? To show how long they waited to be together? What purpose did it serve? Anyone?