Status Updates From De kleurloze Tsukuru Tazaki...

ahh ya weirdo. murakami probably read about the bechdel test halfway thru writing this novel and post hoc added a few sentences to make sure he technically passed it 🥴

My heart hurts, I'm confused, and I'm annoyed with the mc, but we're still going 😤

My first Murakami book. Tsukuru Tazaki is so unbelievably relatable to the way I think about myself and my life. I'm getting a clinical, neutral, and detached style from Murakami here - I wonder if it's present in all of his books? The characters are so well done, they all feel real to me. Lots of good quotes in here for when I'm feeling lonely or down.