1Q84 (Vintage International)
NATIONAL BESTSELLER - The year is 1984 and the city is Tokyo. A young woman named Aomame follows a taxi driver's enigmatic suggestion and begins to notice puzzling discrepancies in the world around her. She has entered, she realizes, a parallel existence, which she calls 1Q84 --"Q is for 'question mark.' A world that bears a question." Meanwhile...show more
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This one may have been the oddest thing I've read in a long time - as I described to my family: boy meets girl, boy grows up and becomes writer, girl grows up and becomes assassin, they travel to another dimension... That said, the story was compelling, the characters taught me about Japanese culture vicariously and I truly cared about the plot outcomes. This may have been the best thing I've read in a long time.
This piece of science fiction was a very lengthy read with talented writing. I did not enjoy the length as my curiosity to complete it drove me more than the plot. I found the progression to be confusing and the continuity to the characters to be weak to finish their storyline.
At its heart, 1Q84 is a love story: a love story between lovers who must overcome great obstacles before they can be together. Murakami brings his unique kind of magic realism to Tokyo, 1984. Our lovers, Tengo and Aomame fall in love 20 years before the story begins but are separated by time and circumstances.
Unassuming math teacher and aspiring novelist, Tengo meets a manic pixie girl who has a wonderful story to tell without the perfect words. ...read more
Unassuming math teacher and aspiring novelist, Tengo meets a manic pixie girl who has a wonderful story to tell without the perfect words. ...read more
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