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Originally Posted by Gem
Out of all of his books I have read so far,Wind Up Bird Chronicle was the best with Kafka on the Shore coming a close second.
Cuchulain, why did you prefer those to Kafka on the Shore?
I did adore Norwegian Wood - it is simpler/quieter than the others and that sadness that runs through it was pretty touching, but I liked that Kafka was not so clear cut, it divided my opinions of it throughout the reading.
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It's hard to really express. I just had the feeling when I read it that Haruki wasn't as into making it all work together as in his other books. It didn't strike me as fresh or as original as his other books. Nor as believable as a world unto itself.
Of course, he uses fantasy and surrealism and elements of magical realism in his novels anyway . . . but . . . . I was always taken in by that creation . . . and got to love the usual signs of Murakami's universe . . . I talk about some of those
here. It's just that I wasn't convinced.
Perhaps it's me. Perhaps I'm just losing my ability to suspend disbelief to the degree necessary. But I don't think so. Cuz I didn't have that issue with his earlier books . . .
Again, it may just be me.