A review by themysteriouserk
First Person Singular by Haruki Murakami

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Another delightful collection of stories from one of my favorite authors, Haruki Murakami. The stories here range from the strange and silly to the stranger and deeply moving, all written in Murakami’s trademark simple, deadpan style and with his usual flourishes of magic and surreality within depictions of ordinary life. As with pretty much any collection of stories, some are better than others, but everything here is at least pretty good, and “With the Beatles,” “On a Stone Pillow,” and “Charlie Parker Plays Bossa Nova” are all achingly beautiful depictions of the tentative balance between joy and pain.
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