![]() I wouldn't say that Tsukuru is a boring protagonist, I wanted to like him and understand him just as much as did Kafka and Toru from Norwegian Wood, but there was always this distance between me and his inner introspections or even in the way he absorbed the physical minutiae around him that just wouldn't let me connect with him at a deeper level. For me, the writing lacked that sense of ease that's associated with his prose, and it felt stilted with the first few chapters struggling with the back and forth between his high school and current life. I know Tsukuru Tazaki is considered one of his weaker works, and is almost like him "relaxing" after penning his magnum opus 1Q84, but I always thought it was an interesting premise with the colours and everything, so I was definitely looking forward to reading this.Īnd the characters just felt weirdly stiff and scripted in a way, and I never felt like that's about any of the people that inhabit his books, no matter how outlandish they were. ![]() So this is my fourth Murakami (the previous ones being After Dark, Norwegian Wood and Kafka) but the first time that I'm feeling conflicted. ![]()
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