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This book is possibly the best book I have read of all times. It has everything that anyone would want in a book because it is composed of a little of every genre. The book has so many symbolisms and imageries that no one can figure it all out in the first read.
The book is like all of Haruki Murakami's past books where it is about self discovery of the main character. This time it is about how two long lost lovers find each others to the point that they were meant for each other. The book is ab ...more
The book is like all of Haruki Murakami's past books where it is about self discovery of the main character. This time it is about how two long lost lovers find each others to the point that they were meant for each other. The book is ab ...more
Jul 12, 2012
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Surreal, mystical and poetic. Beautiful story. Powerful but soft. Fantastical and ethereal. The Strangeness of it was intriguing. I did feel that the ending left many questions unanswered, but it was a very satisfying ending non the less. It is long book. The audio version was very well narrated with three different narrators. The editing of the narration added to the experience as a while. I'll be reading much more Murakami.
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Perhaps I've outgrown Murakami and/or perhaps this is just not a very good Murakami book.
I always think I'm going to get a fresh twist when I read the plot summary to one of his novels because he usually succeeds in developing an intricate and original overarching story, but like a Japanese Philip Roth, he keeps writing the same protagonist and incorporating and relying on the same narrative elements to tell these interesting stories. I'm all for motifs, but isn't there another whisky in all of ...more
I always think I'm going to get a fresh twist when I read the plot summary to one of his novels because he usually succeeds in developing an intricate and original overarching story, but like a Japanese Philip Roth, he keeps writing the same protagonist and incorporating and relying on the same narrative elements to tell these interesting stories. I'm all for motifs, but isn't there another whisky in all of ...more
Feb 19, 2012
Carol
marked it as to-read
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Dec 12, 2015
Petre
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May 12, 2016
Melanie Bee
marked it as dnf
