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1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3)

Haruki Murakami,

Jay Rubin (Translator)

Start date: November 1, 2011

Finish date: December 31, 2011

Discussion: 2011 Reads

Why we're reading this: Secondary pick for overachievers!
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Apr 04, 2023 Melani rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Shelves: dnf, alternate-earth

I don't know, I got to the lesbian reminiscence that didn't really have much of a point and paused. It felt too much like titillation for titillation's sake, especially since the character doing the remembering insists quite strongly she's straight, but goes in-depth into that memory. Anyway, I've been debating whether or not I want to finish the novel, especially since the rest of what I read didn't really capture my attention. I've read some other reviews and I think I'm just gonna shelve this ...more

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Dec 22, 2013 Winter rated it it was ok

1Q84
by Haruki Murakami

So when I try to mentally place a book reading experience along that spectrum from enjoyable to painful, one of the things I ponder is “would I recommend this book, and if so, to who?”

And when I start thinking back over this book, one of the first things I run into is that i wouldn’t really recommend this book to anyone. I wouldn’t tell people to drop it and step away if they were caressing it in a bookstore. But I wouldn’t give them a knowing wink and say “ohhh… you’re go ...more

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Jan 31, 2012 Lydia rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2012-reads, tournament-of-books

This is Murakami at his most challenging, Murakami-est. It is at times a frustrating read and requires endurance through the occasional boring and rather vile bits. But there are charming characters, lyrical writing, and a crazy fractured parallel world as compensation. I loved Murakami's meta commentaries on writing. Too bad Tengo wasn't available to ghost edit this book. It took 400 pages to get to The Town of Cats, the excerpted story from The New Yorker. I wish there was an illustrated child ...more

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Dec 12, 2011 Lani rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: crime, action-mystery-thriller, contemporary-fiction, podcast-reviewers-recommendations

This was my first time reading Murikami. I'm on the fence as to whether I liked or loved the book. Much of it was so beautiful, atmospheric, and other worldly. He seemed to be a little repetitive and at times a bit of an overkill on the descriptions. I'm glad I was listening rather than reading. The readers voices were so perfect that they added to the overall feel of the story. If I had been reading, I might not have been able to keep going because it was such a long story. ...more

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