Christopher
I enjoyed most of this book. In particular, I found its take on magic and the world as it was described intriguing and original. The first book in the trilogy I would highly recommend.
Unfortunately, I felt the story of the third book a bit muddled. Hurried in some aspects and drawn out in others. And the parts that were drawn out almost caused me to not finish the series. All that said though, I still felt that it was an interesting read and would recommend it to others.
Initially, I hit a point where I just couldn't get into reading this book; in part because of my opinion that the third Mistborn book was rather mediocre. In true Sanderson fashion though, by the time I hit the midpoint of the book I simply couldn't put it down. It was a fun, quick read once that happened. I surprised myself with this book in that I don't read much steampunk/western-fantasy, it was actually good!
First time in a long while I'm actually waiting in anticipation for the next book to be released
It's a quick fun read. Nothing entirely earth shattering, just a nice amalgamation of popular trends in the Sci-Fi/Fantasy genres. The plots good and filled with a few unanticipated twists which is really what made the story particularly appealing.
Like Catching Fire and The Hunger Games before it, it's an enjoyable, quick-paced, easy read. It doesn't quite end up how I had anticipated and Katniss is particularly whiny/mopey for a good majority of the book (which I fine off-putting) but it does have plenty of action and excitement as well.
I don't usually read much in the way of fiction, always preferring the fantastical to the mundane, but I have to give credit where credit is due, and Haruki Murakami definitely delivers in The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles. Each character, including the cat, seem to be well defined and at the same time oddly aloof. Their interconnectedness brings the otherwise disparate story lines into one powerful, cohesive, and utterly riveting plot.
