1Q84

Good but not amazing. Could have been about 300 pages shorter (at least). I was disappointed Murakami only tied up one of many loose plot ends by the end of the book. The idea that post-modern novels don't have to follow old fashioned conventions is a recurring discussion point in the book (for example, M. deliberately mentions and then violates Chekhov's principle that once a gun is introduced, it must be fired), so I guess it's not that surprising. In the beginning, the tightly packaged plot lines drew me in, but Murakami seemed comfortable with mere suggestions by the book's end. Even though I liked it, I'd be hard pressed to recommend it to others just because the page-length investment doesn't entirely seem worth the payoff.