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A review by livlaw
1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I can’t believe I managed to start and end this book in a month!
First up - all the classic criticisms of this - I totally get it. I really don’t like how Murakami writes women, specifically Aomame, and Tengo’s girlfriend in this book. It almost felt like a parody of ‘men writing women’. Which is gross.
Aside from that, I was pretty gripped for all like 1300 pages of this book. The story was super engaging and I thought the perspective shifts moved it along at a surprisingly fast pace.
I wish I had read this for school so I could spend longer analyzing specific themes and track them through the book (but as someone with a job and a life, I just dont want to make that time).
In all, I can see why this is such a classic. What a way to start the year of reading!
First up - all the classic criticisms of this - I totally get it. I really don’t like how Murakami writes women, specifically Aomame, and Tengo’s girlfriend in this book. It almost felt like a parody of ‘men writing women’. Which is gross.
Aside from that, I was pretty gripped for all like 1300 pages of this book. The story was super engaging and I thought the perspective shifts moved it along at a surprisingly fast pace.
I wish I had read this for school so I could spend longer analyzing specific themes and track them through the book (but as someone with a job and a life, I just dont want to make that time).
In all, I can see why this is such a classic. What a way to start the year of reading!