nikol

Not only do i want my money back for the ACTUAL ROBBERY committed to me by this book
I need this writer to go to a fucking english grammar class because the way this was written was abhorrent
And i need her to take several hours of therapy and to never write again
I hated this
0 stars

this book was... a whirlwind that's for sure. I didn't know what I was signing up for when I started reading it but this isn't my first Murakami novel, nonetheless even after only having read The Wind Up Bird Chronicle I can tell there are several literary tools Murakami seems quite fond of. Cats for sure are one of them. I read quite a review saying this book had no narrative and that it led nowhere but honestly, I disagree. Is this my favorite book of all time? No. Is it a good read? Hell yeah.
This book did however reinforce to me the fact that Murakami seems unable to write good female characters. The misogyny was strong in this one. The SPOILER rape scene was ... uncomfortable to read I will say. I have left this book with way too many questions, to be honest. I would read a sequel but I also like the freedom I have to imagine what happens afterward. there were some shocks near the end but all in all, I did think this is how things would turn out.