I have recently found out how I can explain Murakami’s style to people who haven’t read any of his work yet – you could compare him to Dali or Magritte in the world of artists. He’s the surrealist of the writers, constructing unbelievable worlds, at times disturbing, at others completely mesmerising. This book was no exception to it. Deep diving straight into the story from the very first pages on, it instantly captured your attention with phrases that made you chuckle, realising how life-like and relatable the character’s thinking was. Even though everything about the story seemed absolutely bizarre, you were still drawn into it, since a minimum of a reality is still kept in place.

The two story lines running next to each other finally made sense at some point and it all summed up into a beautiful, while otherworldly weird narrative.

★★★★☆ (4/5)