Wtf am I reading?
Or rather, should I read it?
Yes read it, but be aware it's fantasy YA shit
>>8126807
Murakami used to be popular and (over)hyped so it caused a lot of backlash that stuck because of memery.
Plus that book's kind of lame. It starts off pretty good, but the ending is a total anti-climax. Real /lit/erates know that his best book is Hard Boiled Wonderland and The End of the World.
>>8126817
Aye, HBW>WBC>KotS
Murakami isn't astoundingly profound, but he's not trash tier like Harry Potter or Game of Thrones.
>>8126817
>ending
>anti-climax
>help I don't understand how plot works
>help
>help what is literary fiction
>help my autism is slowly killing me
>>8126817
Is hard Boiled Wonderland genuinely good? I don't know if I want to invest time in it when there is so much
A) Murakami backlash and
B) people only giving a shit about Norwegian Wood and Kafka
And evidently the only one I read was 1Q84 (big mistake)
>>8126829
Could you explain what I did wrong other than throwing meme arrows at me?
>>8126836
you apparently don't understand that the climax isn't at the end of the book, especially not if you're reading literary fiction, in which there generally isn't even a climax
>>8126842
In most novels the climax usually is near the end. But oh no I did say "at" instead of end in my earlier post. I'm a big pleb please rape my face.
>especially not if you're reading literary fiction, in which there generally isn't even a climax
no?
why do we have these fucking Murakami threads once a day? is he really that polarizing of an author?
>>8126850
same tbqh
>>8126851
Its not really every day, you usually just see a week old one where a piss fight hasn't stopped. And apparently yes he is
>>8126851
7 posters in this thread, about 3 for, and about 3 against.
He does seem to be polarizing, at least for angry unwilling celibates. I say he has a place on this board even if he is a reddlt magnet.
>Kafka Tamura
Hehe clever; he alludes to the popular check writer. Did you catch it brothers? He is probably so intelligent
>>8126866
>Hegel spouting girl
>insert shit about the world spirit
>>8126866
For some reason the hipsters really like Kafka Tamura
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSVGlO5m0jU
>>8126785
There's better Murakami. Anything he wrote after The Windup Bird Chronicle isn't very good.
>>8126883
Not even Sputnik Sweetheart?
To be honest with you, while not being good literature, his books have a really comfy feel to them.
>>8126785
It's decent, great as a light read with just enough depth to be interesting.
His best works are A Wild Sheep Chase and Dance Dance Dance, though.
Did anyone here see the theatre production of Kafka on the Shore? It was pretty well done.
>>8126866
>check writer
ye but back then it was called bavaria, which was part of the australian empire
>>8126892
Good point fampai, you win this round...
>>8126896
>A Wild Sheep Chase and Dance Dance Dance
Really? What do those touch on?
