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To be fair, it is the only Murakami I have read so far, but I really enjoyed it. For 1200 pages it was so easy and comfortable to read. And I know people bitch about it not making any sense, but I thought he actually did a really good job wrapping it up. Some authors can craft a really great mystery with alot of tension and build up, but then the denouement turns out to be some scooby-doo-esque cop out. I didn't find that the case here. Just a really cool, unique book overall that was fun to read.

Where do I go from here with Murakami? I like the "big picture"ness of 1Q84, what with all the conspiracy and mystery.

>> No.6577550

i loved it
and while i can see how it's maybe weaker than kafka or wind up bird or norwegian wood, none of those books really moved me in the same way, though that's probably to do with what was happening in my life at the time i was reading it.

>> No.6577552

>>6577533

Haven't read 1Q84 because the bad rep it has got to me, and it being 4000 pages doesn't help.

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle is probably his best one and should probably be your next place to go. Norweigan Wood doesn't have surreal magical realism shit, but it has a nice effective story. Kafka On the Shore is Great until the ending which sucks. Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World is very underappreciated and is probably his secret best book.

>> No.6577554

Everybody loves their first Murakami.

>> No.6577569

>>6577533
I thought the ending was pretty lame.
>>6577552
Agreed, hard-boiled has the most unique plot out of all his works. would rec as a follow-up to 1Q84.

>> No.6577574

>>6577533

Murakami is pretty much a Japanese John Green.

>> No.6578595

I comfess I still haven't read any of the Murakami books I got. Norwegian Wood, Sputnik Sweetheart, and.. I think a third.

I grabbed the bunch at a little bookshop on vacation one time because a friend of mine absolutely loves him and his work sounded interesting.

>> No.6578604

>>6577574
i lol'd hard. I have never ever heard a more apt description.

>> No.6578618

A Wild Sheep Chase is pretty great.

>> No.6578654

>>6577574
fuck i wish i'd thought of this
well done anon

>> No.6579912

>>6577533
Its just too goddamn long. There literally a portion of the novel that is 300 pages of her sitting in an apartment, some guy taking pics of her, and the math guy wandering around.

I liked it overall, it just could have been done in less pages. Also, people are right when they say that you always love your first Murakami. Once you start reading him more, you'll realize that all his books are like different recipes made from the same ingredients. It becomes a little bland and you just want something different. It's definiently his biggest flaw as a writer.

>> No.6579979

>>6577533
i liked Iq84. not even in my top 5 favorite murakami books though. and I've read everything available in English by him twice except for the running book.

>> No.6579996

>>6577533
I never got this because I assumed it was about some DOWNs bitch with an IQ of 84 and I was all like who cares about that shite.

>> No.6580092

>>6577574
Nah, he crafts a better atmosphere - usually about urban alienation - and he has better references. And his prose is better.

But I admit I kek'd. You're not too far off.