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Not nearly as good as his prior works, but still has his engaging characters and topical storylines.

Probably won’t finish. I don’t care about the primary character.

Murakami’s writing is so lyrical that I get lost and can’t explain the story.

Pretty sure this is going to be on a banned book list

It’s Banned Book Week. Get your read on!

Thank you Utah for banning this book. Otherwise it would never have been on my radar, and it is one of the best books I’ve read this year. Why did you even ban it in the first place?

I’ve parsed my way through parts and thoroughly enjoyed what I’ve read. However, the public library wants it back. 5 stars for a book 1/3 read.

Too much telling and not enough showing.
Also on page 95, was “He (William) pictured his wife and Julia (his wife) sleeping…” an editorial fail or intentional?

Not engaging me. Probably won’t finish

Regrettably, this book reads to much like Harvard and not enough like Boston.

Not bad but not engaging me (at this point in my life) so I’m moving on to another book (lover)

👍🏽 loving the irony in the conversation between Moses and Father Tim about capacity of humans to override temptation

Verbious diarrhetic dialog

3 recipes in and I’m hooked: mac & “cheese” 👍🏽, carrot/tofu/Thai soup 👍🏽, mushroom/pasta/“cheese”😱. Admittedly, I needed to purchase ingredients new to me (eg, nutritional yeast, miso). I greatly appreciate the timeline/sequence and substitution/enhancement recommendations.

There are numerous editing fails regarding ingredients and instructions.

Coffee table/travel/cookbook. I have a number of issues with editing (eg recipe requires ingredient not on ingredient list).

Very informative and written in an engaging manner.

Instead of telling a story with nuance, the author chose to spell it out for the reader starting with explaining the plural of Chao followed by the “Three Brothers” monologue, etc.
The representations of women are interesting

OMG- the diminutive references to women: all the “babe”, “sweetie”, etc. and controlling behaviors

Who journals with dialog? 👎🏽

Self indulgent diatribe

If I’d read this in ‘80-90s, I’d have probably thought it trite and fluffy. Reading it in 2022, I find it relevant, insightful, and affirming.

Re-reading since I don’t remember reading it years ago

Notes to self: o brother, a child shall lead them, judge not
Missing women’s voices- so far just one, partly forecasting, partly powerful

I read about a production based on this book and was intrigued. Brief summary Black man is selling whiteness to other Black folk and they integrate with unintended consequences. 90+ years after it was published it is still relevant and would be banned by some. There is a facetiousness and cynicism (plus wordliness, the characters and their names, anti-white-ism) that is rarely found in today’s literature.

Could not finish. Too many really good books waiting to be read.

If I listen to an audiobook does that count as reading a book?

I don’t like people enough to really like this book, but I appreciate the social and economic commentary.

For fans of Neil Gaiman, which I am.