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Tsukuru Tazaki was part of a harmonious, close group of five friends who did volunteer work together when they were in high school. The other four teenagers all had surnames that contained the name of a color. Although Tsukuru had a colorless name, his name fit him since Tsukuru means "to make things". His dream was to become an engineer who built railroad stations, and he left his four Nagoya friends to attend college in Tokyo.
During his sophomore year of college, his other friends suddenly cut ...more
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3.5. The first 40% was making me unhappy. Very colourless for certain. Same Murakami as the one I read before: bizarre dreams, breasts and penises. Then Tsukuru went on his "pilgrimage" and it improved more then I expected.
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This book was awful in my opinion, too many terrible descriptions of unnecessary events or thought or bizarre metaphors. it just didn't do it for me, I've read another book by Murakami that was a lot better but still I only gave that one 2/5 stars. I guess his books just aren't my cup of tea.
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