A Book a Week – IQ84

I am a huge Haruki Murakami fan and have read almost everything he wrote. So it was inevitable that I would read 1Q84. It was huge and I thought there was no way I was getting through it. I listened to it on audio. It was 30-some hours. That’s about four times longer than most books.

But alas. I listened to all of it.

I couldn’t stop. Even as it got repetitive and weird and annoying and repetitive.

Yes it was super repetitive.

Annoyingly so.

But I still loved it in that weird, crazy, inexplicable way only Murakami can write.

Having said that if you’ve never read him before, I certainly would not recommend starting with this one.

1 comment to A Book a Week – IQ84

  • eSeN

    Hi Karen,

    IQ84 WAS the first book of Murakami’s that I’ve read. I loved it too! It was repetitive and a bit drawn out in some parts, but the book certainly kept me going and going. I read urban fantasy books and mysteries, and I think that this books fits right into both of those genres. It’s good to know that his other books are good too!

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