A review by avinawood
1Q84 by Haruki Murakami

Did not finish book. Stopped at 50%.
The writing is excellent, suprisingly engaging. Whether that is the author or translator's ability I'm not sure. The actual plot/contents put me off. The story is fantastical but not in a way that I can consider good. The repetition along with the actions taken by characters are incredibly off-putting and I've read plenty of other novels with heinous characters doing unspeakable things. The lack of nuance surrounding the actions though is incredibly troubling to me.

*I want to make clear that I'm aware that the three books were put together in one for the English version, however, the repition persists even within the books.
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