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some interesting history on CrossFit, etc., motivating for my workouts having just started. quick, easy read.
Mildly interesting philosophical discussion about conservative Christianity vs Pro-Choice, but the ending to book was obvious less than halfway through and the story dragged on and grew tiresome.
It was ok. I was expecting more based on the reviews & recommendations for this book. Not sure I'll invest the time in the next 2 in the series. It was a quick read, the narrator of the audiobook was really good. Most of the ‘jokes' revolve around sci-fi pop culture references (akin to Ready Player One which I started at some point & immediately hated & stopped reading). The middle was a slog & I contemplated just stopping, the ending picked up a bit though. There are some interesting story lines contained within here that I would have preferred to hear more about vs some of the actual plot lines the book is about. Saving grace is how short this was.
pretty interesting. some unnecessary fluff to fill up the book (historical hermits, etc).
Couldn't get into it. Didn't connect with any of the characters. Got really tired of having to google all the Spanish phrases throughout which means i missed about a quarter of the book. I hated the chapters that were about the mother.
Hated it from the minute I started reading it, didn't make it past a few chapters to see if it ever gets better. Nerdy on a level that I couldn't identify with.
I had no idea what the story was about before reading, just that it was a classic book.
It certainly not the story I expected, especially considering the actually meat of the story doesn't start until halfway through.
I guess it's a good book. I mean, technically it is, yes and it's a good story - Good in the sense of the message it portrays.
Better than some of his more recent efforts. Still doesn't come close to Fight Club, Invisible Monsters, Survivor or Choke.
If you ever wished your high school math text book was peppered with very uneventful alien encounters, this is the book for you.
So boring.
Bonus star solely for the audiobook narration which was the only reason I didn't bail.
Quick read, good for those moments lacking motivation or inspiration. The last chapter, Part Three, gets a little obscure and contains a bit too much religious rhetoric for my taste.
An interesting story that (in typical Murakami fashion) mixes the real-world with the fantastical and surreal without any real explanation. As I read more and more Murakami, he continues to be one of my favorite writers.
