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Hajime’s father in law is encouraging multiple affairs in order to keep his marriage and business in good shape to “stay focused” the camaraderie between men is deeply disturbing

Hajime is rapidly approaching the point of no return with lying to his wife and barely being able to control himself from cheating on his wife in the physical sense. He’s already in this deep emotional affair with shimamoto

Just like that the girl of his childhood shows up on what seems like a whim at first but actually she was agonizing about it for months. Hajime really needs so much reassurance from her like a child clinging to his mother in a way. The woman of his fondest memories from childhood and his greatest obsession in adulthood is back and she’s asking him to ask nothing about her life up until now.

Hajime’s life seemed so mundane up until he followed that woman in shibuya. I’m gathering he really is just chasing after childhood familiarity and this idealized version of shimamoto but I could be wrong

Adolescence, the development of thoughts ,interests, and learning how to connect with childhood friends. This is my first murakami book and I’m already very interested in what’s to come of this story!

This book is nothing like the movie in the best way

Amidst an extra martial affair we have to throw in a major difference in class and miscommunications! Sally Rooney is the best at really making you think about how you communicate with your loved ones.