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Average rating3.9
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running was okay, I suppose. Not only do I admire Murakami, but I'm also a runner and a writer. So I expected to love this book. In fact, I couldn't wait to start it. My enthusiasm, however, was soon quelled. There were a few interesting insights about how his running fuels his writing – he believes that the former relies on the latter – and the first couple of chapters did inspire me to think about running differently, so as far as that goes, it was a success for me. However, I found the book quite dull on the whole. Ironically, it felt like a long-distance run and I was most definitely flagging towards the end. I'll stick to his wonderful fiction in future.