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Dread - go ahead and discuss, just use spoiler tags.
Finished! I really enjoyed this for multiple reasons. 1. Far different style from anything else I've read. I have no clue what is due to translation, what is Japanese style, and what is Murakami himself, but still, very intriguing from a style standpoint. This isn't to say I loved every moment of the style, but it definitely made me pay attention. 2. Characters. Solid, filled-in characters that react as they should (within such a crazy universe, but still). So many people and all of them real to me, no matter how wacky. 3. Settings. I can see the house with the dead end alley behind it, I can see Honda's hut, I can even see the wig factory. All places in an alien culture to me, but so skillfully drawn that I felt present. Let's drop the number format. Spoiler:
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It's turned into a bit of a slog for me. Of what I've read so far and I'm just now to the part where
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I'm opposite CP. I thought Book 1 was the most interesting with only a slight drop off once Kumiko disappeared. However, since Spoiler:
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I just got it over the weekend. Is it too late to start?
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I'm in the 300's now - so about half way through so go ahead and pick it up Steph - either you'll get sucked into the groove with us here - or you'll find it tiresome and can abandon when the discussion dies down.
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