I've not read 1Q84, but in yesterday's Swedish daily Upsala Nya Tidning, there was a review entitled "Harry Potter for adults". In a most positive way, as the reviewer insists. I'm put off this book because it seems to exemplify things I don't like, such as cult writers, popularised fantasy, and fat books.
The reviewer writes:
Not my cup of radioactive sake.
The reviewer writes:
And yet Murakami is never heavy or difficult. You must not forget that he has worked in the tradition of popular culture that is fantasy and sci-fi. This is literature as entertainment. In the most positive meaning of the term. 1Q84 is also rather like Harry Potter for adults. Here there is the same feeling for magic as with Rowling or C S Lewis, where a portal opens up onto an unknown world.
Not my cup of radioactive sake.