The main protagonist finds that he needs to quit his job to find himself. Which if you like this kind of thing, means that you probably get very good value. Why do you guys all love this author? Is there something I’m not getting? Genuine question, please feel free to comment below.Īnyway, this book contains all you have come to expect of Murakami, with few surprises, and is very long. But the books always feel over long, and kind of sexist. Sometimes really bad things happen to the women, and usually the loser kind of accepts it, or shows no compassion.īasically, I like some of the more surreal elements of the books, and the search for meaning and all that is fine. And there’s usually a “wise beyond her years” 16 year old girl who loves hanging with the older, loser guy. They never behave like real women, they’re all cute, and all want to have sex with the main character, even though he’s pretty awful or average at best.
Women in these books are always objects of some kind, often prostitutes.
Whether that’s intentional in some way, like perhaps the main character is meant to be the kind of person on the edge of the society that strange things might happen to, I don’t know, but frankly he’s also usually not very nice. The main character is always a massive loser. I’ve never been that impressed, but here I am giving them another go.īut they all feel the same to me! There’s always a thing with a cat it dies, it goes missing, something. I’ve read a few Murakami books by now, and loads of people love them. Two that forced their way onto the list are Haruki Murakami novels. I have some amazing books on this list, and many of them have already been reviewed. This year I created a reading list for myself of books that were my friends absolute favourites. Perhaps rather than review this book, I should just launch into a rant?
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