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Every time I read a Murakami book, I promise myself that I'm not going to read another, because they are just so bad. Time passes and eventually someone convinces me that I just have not read the right novel of his yet. Uhg! When will it end!

I finished this book, being left with no point. Almost all questions that developed were left unanswered. When she climbed down the emergency exit, I should have done the same with this book and moved on to something else.

When I just started reading the book, someone told me that they thought the story was predictable. I think they were focusing a little too much on the obvious and not enough on the meaning of the metaphors in the book. And the metaphors are out of this world! Only Murakami can throw a curveball after curveball of naughty metaphors at you and NOT sound one bit silly or hokey. Another brilliant book by a brilliant author.

I was a bit sceptical about reading another Murakami book, I've read quite a few of them and found them great books but all too similar in their style and themes, however once I started reading the sample chapter I found myself hooked.

The two main characters, Tengo and Aomame, drive the book with the chapters alternating between the two. Most of the time the text is dedicated to character development but sometimes the plot starts moving quite quickly.