I bought this book in August 2014, read the first 100 pages of it, and lost any interest that I had in this book. My love-hate-relationship with Murakami continues. I specifically hate his description of the sex scene. Can he please not write any sex related stuff? It sounds awkward and weird, and why do most of his characters get wet dreams? Seriously?! It's as if the Murakami world is full of people with unsatisfied sex needs.
When I was browsing this book, I found out that this Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki was selected as Bad Sex in Fiction Award Nominee (2014). Oh well, that serves him right. He should have won that award, really.
Anyway, I decided to finish what I started in August last year and a few days ago I continued reading it. The last quarter of the book is not as disappointing as the start. Somehow I can relate to Tsukuru in his dealing with self-doubt. He sounds more real than Murakami's other characters. I guess his hard-core fans might be disappointed with this book as this is not the usual funky, surreal kind that he usually writes.
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