Most of you know that I am an huge Haruki Murakami fan. I just finished his latest book. It’s not as involving as some of his other book. Definitely not in the league of colourless Tsukuru or 1Q84.
I would overall rate this as 7/10.
Great philosophical underpinnings slivered into a sentence, almost as if by happenstance - typical Murakami. Magical world - typical Murakami. Complex plot - too many characters- typical Murakami. No loose ends - Murakami at his best.
Overall go for it, if you a huge Murakami fan, else wait for it to become cheaper :-).
The edition I read had 674 pages, bringing my 2018 total reading to 5709 pages.