1Q84, Book 1
Ratings67
Average rating3.7
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Ratings67
Average rating3.7
The novel is a sub-melodramatic sentimental metafictional love story in a ficticious world with two moons in the sky, a thriller packed with cults, assassinations and grotesque sex (newyorkobserver). The title is a play on the Japanese pronunciation of the year 1984 of George Orwell. The novel was longlisted for the 2011 Man Asian Literary Prize and placed No. 2 in Amazon.com's top books of the year.
Series
3 primary books1Q84 is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2009 with contributions by Haruki Murakami, Gabriel Álvarez Martínez, and Hélène Morita.
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There is something about the story, the characters, the way the book is written and the way the story unfolds that kept me up and wanting for more..
i just cannot explain what it is! The concepts and story themselves are simple but reading them is like being taken into another dimension - one where two moons exist, perhaps.. one where each character is essentially “normal” and could be here on our side but has something about it that makes it not quite real.
It was a really good surprise :)
Already starting the second :)
Very intringuing book. Was a bit too long, some chapters were not necessary. Still a good book
This is my first Haruki Murakami novel that I've read. I have to say that I was totally drawn in by the well crafted characters and the lives they lead. It left me wondering what is real,what is not and contemplating the power of the human element. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who is willing to try something a little different. I will most definitely be reading more of Murakami.
A religious cult. A man ceaselessly knocking on doors to collect fees for tv usage. The Little People. Two moons. A dowager. A private investigator. A bodyguard. A ghostwriter. Nine hundred and twenty-five pages of strangeness.
I could write fifty pages about this book and you'd still have no clue what this book is about. I read the whole thing and I have no idea what the whole book was about.
I liked it. But I don't know if you'd like it or not. I suspect you would either love it or hate it.
