Why I really really enjoyed this book, I did not enjoy it as much as Kafka on the Shore. I don’t what this is? Maybe it’s because I had the flu for most of it, maybe it was the narrators voice which was a little grating (I listened to it on audible), maybe it’s the war or politics that form an essential part of the story or maybe nothing is quite as good as your first experience or Murakami?


Saying all of that I am a Huge fan of Murakami’s brand of surrealist magical realism. Dozen’s of magical tales interweave themselves in not particular chronological order but if you relax (think of yourself as being in a dark quiet place, maybe a well) it all has an overriding theme and makes sense. At the heart of the story is a deep and overriding love of a man for his wife and what he will do to get her back.

I will get this in hardcopy sometime to see if the narrator affected my love of the story. Meanwhile on to 1Q84……