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I expected Murakami to leave many major threads unraveled but the loose ends he did tie up were worth the journey. Wild, ethereal, complicated (in an excellent way), dreamy, and dark. My past two experiences with Murakami were similar: evoked vivid mental imagery while reading and cleverly masked immensity/intensity with calm and subtlety.

Florentino being an adult and Fermina being a child in school has soured me to continuing this novel. I was very much enjoying the language, writing, and characters, but I can't stomach grooming...it is not romantic.

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Magnificent exploration of liberation in a post-scarcity, post-Marxist paradigm.

Fantastic! My only regret is not completing it sooner.