I had to read this book as slowly as possible to take everything in. I love Murakami's writing. it's full of depth and perplexed ideas, sometimes you need to put the book down more than for hot minute to reflect on what you just read. If you are a person who cannot accept Marakami's inane writing style, this won't be the book for you but on the other hand, if you read it with an open mind it would be a one of a kind experience. After "After Dark" this has to be my favourite Murakami novel. 

When he writes in double chapter format you know the two stories going on are connected. It's his signature style. At first there will be small facts that you see how they are connected. Gradually the stories become parallel and uniformed and it gives you the full picture of that one story you have been reading so far. 

The ending though, I wouldn't know what I expected it to be but I felt it could have been a bit different. Or may be not!