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I don't know about everyone else, but I can't WAIT to read this. Been following it since it was published in Japan. And I loved 1Q84! Anyone with me?

Jennifer Yes!!! I've read every bit of his fiction. I can't wait. And 1Q84 is possibly one of the best things I've ever read. Always played Janacek's Sifoniett…moreYes!!! I've read every bit of his fiction. I can't wait. And 1Q84 is possibly one of the best things I've ever read. Always played Janacek's Sifonietta when reading it for the full effect. (less)

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So I'm on Chapter 4 and so far it's not very interesting. I was really hoping for something along the lines of Wind-Up Bird or Hard-boiled Wonderland. Does it get better as it goes along or should I just stop reading now?

Helia Rethmann I hear you, Chad Smartt. If this were Murakami's first novel, it would have a hard time finding a publisher, is my guess, and if it did the publisher …moreI hear you, Chad Smartt. If this were Murakami's first novel, it would have a hard time finding a publisher, is my guess, and if it did the publisher would advise him to cut the novel by a third. All this "And then I went to the cupboard and took out a plate, and I put my tuna sandwich on the plate and carried the plate with the sandwich on it to the living room where I sat down on the red couch to eat it." But as Murakami fans know, this incredibly dull passage will soon be followed by a hole in the ground opening up and swallowing the narrator whole. Or an 'idea' will appear in the form of the two-foot Commendatory from the picture he found and challenge his perceptions. Maybe the juxtaposition of dull mundanity and all-out weirdness is what keeps Murakami fans going? (less)

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According to Commendatore the only way to get Mariye back, after disappearing, was very mystical. The main character had to kill commendatore, follow long-face and go through this journey through this other world. But this girl was in a totally safe place, never in any danger and just waiting the right moment to get out...nothing difficult, or dramatic. So why the main character had to go through that?

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People must be noticing the diverse reactions to this book. While I can well understand why many do not like it, I loved it. Why are some of us seeing something of value here as well as beauty? I do not care why it is disliked, I want to explore why it is so deeply appreciated.

Alla I love meditative quality of it, it’s pace, rich details and depth. Perhaps because I meditate myself and if you are doing it long enough you don’t ha…moreI love meditative quality of it, it’s pace, rich details and depth. Perhaps because I meditate myself and if you are doing it long enough you don’t have to sit down and make it into an event, pretty much anything can become a meditation. So the book is just like that, a meditation. Long? I don’t think so. It’s not a coincidence that Murakami talks about time and its absence in the book. I am glad it took me 20 days to read it. Because it’s not about getting from one place to another it’s about how!.. and paying attention to the details.
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