A review by thechanelmuse
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami

I really don't know how to rate this book. It's one of the weirdest novels I've ever read. There are so many layers to The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle that it's hard to truly describe what it's about. It primarily focuses on the protagonist's journey through self-discovery, and ties in metaphysics, the experiences of other characters, stories within stories, and much more. Some chapters are intriguing, some parts are disturbing, and others are mundane at times, which kind of made this book feel even longer than 600+ pages. In the end, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle leaves you with more questions to be asked rather than answers that are given. That's not a bad thing though.