Maryferidoon answers “i am struggling to finish reading this...”

Joshua Lee asked this question about 1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3):

i am struggling to finish reading this damn book. I can't stop due to the promise I made this year: Once start, finish the book. Haruki is an over valued writer.This is my thinking after reading several works of his. Am I only one thinking as this?

Maryferidoon It is not only you. This book is misogynistic and lengthy repeated paragraphs. I might be missing some elements of the Japanese culture symbols to mak…moreIt is not only you. This book is misogynistic and lengthy repeated paragraphs. I might be missing some elements of the Japanese culture symbols to make it more interesting. It would be a pity that no Japanese thought to put a good critique online. I really searched for interpretations, but didn't find anything that compensate for the length and excessive repetition. This book is one of his worst that I've read. When I read "Kafka in the Shore" and "After Dark" in Persian, I though the brilliance is probably lost in translation. When I read "Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the world" in English, I thought it is not his best but it wasn't a bad novel & 400 pages, not ~1000. After reading IQ84, I should be done with his BS. Yes, he seems overrated to me and it might have taken me 4 books so far to establish that. There is a mild chance that I would read the Norwegian woods in future, but that would need a lot of research before reading. Until then, I would say, he is overrated, and more people need to say that! I only finished this book because I listened to the audiobook while driving. (less)

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