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I am so proud to have finally read this.
I tried to read this first when I was 19, and the story was too old for me and I was too young for it. Over the course of the intervening years I’ve picked it up only to dnf it, mostly due to poor timing on my part.
Murakami’s writing is a unique experience. This world that he created is surreal and muddled in the coziest way. I think I’ll remain lost in it for a while.
I tried to read this first when I was 19, and the story was too old for me and I was too young for it. Over the course of the intervening years I’ve picked it up only to dnf it, mostly due to poor timing on my part.
Murakami’s writing is a unique experience. This world that he created is surreal and muddled in the coziest way. I think I’ll remain lost in it for a while.
Firstly let me make it clear that I am not Murakami's biggest fan. I first heard of him years ago when one of my friends who was living and working in Japan sent me Norwegian Wood and told me that it was awesome and that I should read it. For one reason and another I didn't, and to this day I still have not read it. Perhaps my experience would have been different if I had read that early novel oh so many years ago and enjoyed it. Perhaps if I was an early convert I would have been more willing t
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I really liked the seemingly randomness of characters and events, and overall I liked the book. But I'm still digesting it and trying to figure out how everything fits together.
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Jun 19, 2009
Jeremy
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Mar 23, 2012
Mekki
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really liked it
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Oct 23, 2012
Haaze
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Dec 10, 2012
Kathy Jo
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Joe
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Jennifer
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Jan 26, 2015
Laurel Bradshaw
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May 19, 2015
Karen O
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it was amazing
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Sep 05, 2016
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