Haurki Murakami
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Re: Haurki Murakami
- roguexunited
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That said, I gave 1Q84 a shot (never finished, summer reading assignments proved to be quite the cockblock) because a friend's recommendation, but 100 pages in and I still didn't give a damn about the characters. Maybe it's the work of the translator, but I just couldn't get into it.
It's a damn shame though, because everyone tells me he's fantastic. I plan on giving Norwegian Wood a go just because it also happens to be the title of my favorite Beatles song. But if that doesn't pan out, I doubt I'll read anything else by him any time soon.
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To be fair, that's not really a coincidence. Which maybe bodes well for you enjoying it.Grizzly wrote: I plan on giving Norwegian Wood a go just because it also happens to be the title of my favorite Beatles song.
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Ah, I'm glad to hear that. Look forward to reading it even more now.David Dawson wrote:To be fair, that's not really a coincidence. Which maybe bodes well for you enjoying it.
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I completely agree! I read the wind up bird chronicles and it was a little slow for me, and there were too many plot holes for such a long novel; however, Murakami's short stories are absolutely amazing! If you get a chance, check out his shorter works, I think the format of a short story lends itself very well to his writing style.deedee1178 wrote:The more outlandish his books are the better.
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What I have to criticize is the sexual content, which is excessive and explicit. I found myself having to fast forward often and miss bits of the story because I do not want to fill my mind with pornographic filth. For me, that content is so incredibly negative that it effectively offsets the positive. I do not plan to read or listen to any more of his works because I have heard enough to know that this type of content is to be expected in anything he writes.