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A review by michael_taylor
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
adventurous
mysterious
reflective
3.5
This book really runs the gamut of how I feel about Murakami. Sometimes I love him. When he's weaving together threads of semi connected surrealism I'm all in. Gimme those weird dreams and half-visions and cats with crooked tales!
Sometimes I can't be bothered with his digressisions. Why were Creta & Malta Kano in this book? They all but vanish and then kinda (maybe?) matter towards the end. Sometimes, the side plots are far, FAR more compelling than the main story (Loved the Lt. Well stuff.
I think he's an author with a unique prose that isn't much concerned with how (or even if) the reader picks up what he's putting down. In this particular case, it didn't work as well for me as it could have.
Sometimes I can't be bothered with his digressisions. Why were Creta & Malta Kano in this book? They all but vanish and then kinda (maybe?) matter towards the end. Sometimes, the side plots are far, FAR more compelling than the main story (Loved the Lt. Well stuff.
I think he's an author with a unique prose that isn't much concerned with how (or even if) the reader picks up what he's putting down. In this particular case, it didn't work as well for me as it could have.