The Strange Library

Reads like someone recounting a nightmare, to the extent that I just kind of floated off into it, didn't feel a real sense of jeopardy for the main character because I always had the sense that they'd wake up and be fine (not quite what happened) and partly because the narrator's general age seemed young enough that it felt unlikely anything truly terrible would happen (also not quite what happened). That and it's novella/short story length combined with the cheery/abstract/unsettling art collection meant I didn't have long to be in any particular mood/setting. Surrealist horror with an emphasis on the surreal. I suppose I'm the tiniest bit salty about anyone introducing negative vibes into the idea of visiting a library, though I'm now more aware of the vast potential such a space provides for the imagination to entertain darker scenarios. Yeah, I think I liked it. Not sure I'm willing to go novel length for a Murakami experience yet, unless it is told in vignettes that replicate this experience, that I would break from in between...🤔 
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