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Luong N
is 99% done
The main character did a lot of internal dialogues, but he is just indespicable. A lot of his male protagonist seem to be written like that. I cannot root for or sympathise with him, sorry. Not saying being an only child makes you a selfish person, but this dude is definitely that.
— 13 hours, 10 min ago
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Luong N
is 99% done
Also, why does he write female characters like he only knew a couple of women in his life? I swear, a lot of them are just recycled version of each other, between his books...
— 13 hours, 10 min ago
Luong N
is 99% done
Ok. This book did end in a better note than Nor Wood. I think it made more sense for it to end that way, a bit of reality questioning, and guilt searching. I did like it more. But, I definitely can't stand his recycled formula: a bit of nostagia, a bit of love triangle, a bit of explicit sex, some jazz music....
I dont think i'll keep this book. Reading it in public is quite embarrassing as it is. Score: 2.5⭐️
— 13 hours, 14 min ago
I dont think i'll keep this book. Reading it in public is quite embarrassing as it is. Score: 2.5⭐️
Luong N
is on page 253 of 290
"The deepest and most moving novel of Murakami" said the quote on the cover - yeah right.
— 15 hours, 33 min ago
Luong N
is on page 100 of 290
LMAO at this dude
"I love my wife"
couple of paragraphs later
"I only cheated on her couple times when she's pregnant"
— Sep 15, 2026 06:54PM
"I love my wife"
couple of paragraphs later
"I only cheated on her couple times when she's pregnant"
Luong N
is on page 90 of 290
the story and the protagonists are very similar to what i've read in Carousel's Dead Heat, and even Norwegian Wood.
— Sep 15, 2026 06:51PM
Luong N
is on page 90 of 290
ah, you cant have a murakami novel without some very explicit sex scene
— Sep 15, 2026 06:41PM