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The City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami

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daviddevaal's review against another edition

3.5

Door de wat lauwe recensies van 'De stad en zijn onvaste muren' van Haruki Murakami heeft het een tijdje geduurd voor ik dit boek heb gelezen. En ja, het is niet echt zijn beste. Maar een wat mindere Murakami is nog altijd een geweldig boek en ik heb opnieuw graag in zijn wondere wereld vertoefd. Het lezen dus zeker meer dan waard, zeker voor wie worstelt met wat het leven brengt en af en toe verlangt naar pure routine.

jhulette's review against another edition

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hopeful mysterious reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Finished Murakami’s The City and Its Uncertain Walls. I had to put it away and come back to it a few times over the past couple of months, as it feels a bit padded (and speed read through a few sections in the last third).

His awkward and borderline creepy way of writing about his protagonists sexuality, and underdeveloped female characters is still on display, but much less prominent this time thank god.

This is the first time he has written an afterword for one of his novels that I can recall, and it does help fill in the how and why questions that came while reading it — but overall enjoyed it as I do most of his work.

…the story delves into Severance territory, in an interesting way, and Murakami touches on why in his afterword.