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Kind of sick of Murakami but still mildly curious

With cooking and drinking of saki

and cats

And a smoky jazz bar

Your guess is wrong.

The world would be a better place if you were a book blurb writer.

and records

lmfao

Maybe you should have read a synopsis or better yet, the book before sharing what must be the sad life you have.

Renee wrote: "Maybe you should have read a synopsis or better yet, the book before sharing what must be the sad life you have."

i can tell you spent a lot of time on this comment and yet it still could have used another pass

Jae wrote: "and records"

this is a big oversight on my part

bup wrote: "The world would be a better place if you were a book blurb writer."

life goals

Paul wrote: "Your guess is wrong."

if i could put a gif here i would put the one that portrays a joke going over your head

George wrote: "And a smoky jazz bar"

really should have included this

Brandon wrote: "and cats"

true!

Michele wrote: "With cooking and drinking of saki"

yesss...lots of simple meals with cabbage involved

Miriam wrote: "Kind of sick of Murakami but still mildly curious "

this is how i'm feeling too

unrelated but have you read the YOU series? by caroline kepnes? if not, consider this a book recommendation. i think you would love it

...and there will probably be references to women's breasts on every page. 😂

No. Similar themes, but definitely cleaned up all the questionable shit this time around actually

I dunno if this was really that much less questionable. He just swapped out the scary sexy woman for an eerie autistic-coded kid

Well, I think the reason everybody’s being so snarky to you is because you haven’t read the book or the blurb, and yet you have this agenda that you want to put on the book and the author that just isn’t there. It would be more valid if your opinion was based on having read the book.

Don’t forget the whiff of pedophilia. In any event, you’re not that far off. We also have the usual homing in on said bumbling man cooking pasta and waxing on about whiskey and either jazz or classical music.

Surprisingly, no!

And women's sexy ears.

Is there a well?

Emma, I went into it thinking the exact same thing. I’m only about 10% into the book but it feels like a sequel to Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World to me.

I have read the synopsis and I ended up having to do a double-take on the title because it sounds very much like his "Hardboiled wonderland" book.

lmaoo this is too real

Brandon wrote: "I have read the synopsis and I ended up having to do a double-take on the title because it sounds very much like his "Hardboiled wonderland" book."

it's basically the same book! he wrote it twice

Zey wrote: "lmaoo this is too real"

<3

Vera wrote: "Emma, I went into it thinking the exact same thing. I’m only about 10% into the book but it feels like a sequel to Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World to me."

i think it's the same book but rewritten!

Ben wrote: "And women's sexy ears."

lmao please

Andreea wrote: "Surprisingly, no!"

not far off!

Yong wrote: "Don’t forget the whiff of pedophilia. In any event, you’re not that far off. We also have the usual homing in on said bumbling man cooking pasta and waxing on about whiskey and either jazz or class..."

hahahaha

Gaetano wrote: "Well, I think the reason everybody’s being so snarky to you is because you haven’t read the book or the blurb, and yet you have this agenda that you want to put on the book and the author that just..."

you seem chill

Mia wrote: "I dunno if this was really that much less questionable. He just swapped out the scary sexy woman for an eerie autistic-coded kid "

oof not inaccurate

Eldal wrote: "No. Similar themes, but definitely cleaned up all the questionable shit this time around actually"

i wouldn't say ALL

Ulrika wrote: "...and there will probably be references to women's breasts on every page. 😂"

it's a given

Prisha wrote: "unrelated but have you read the YOU series? by caroline kepnes? if not, consider this a book recommendation. i think you would love it"

i do love the first book!

I'm about halfway through this meander and this review is actually quite helpful for the lay of the land 🤔

I think you miss the point of Murakami in general.

lmaoooooo

Ha!

“new forms of strangeness towards women” has me hollering oh my god. like exactly. but it unfortunately does not stop me even though i know i will be rolling my eyes thru this entire book lmao

Kira wrote: "“new forms of strangeness towards women” has me hollering oh my god. like exactly. but it unfortunately does not stop me even though i know i will be rolling my eyes thru this entire book lmao"

i'm the exact same way

Jeremy wrote: "I think you miss the point of Murakami in general."

this is the most "guy named Jeremy" comment possible

Diana wrote: "I'm about halfway through this meander and this review is actually quite helpful for the lay of the land 🤔"

well i'll take it!