Book #4: 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
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I DID IT! I am posting to triumphantly announce that I have FINISHED READING 1Q84.
I was absolutely taken in by the storytelling technique, the vision, and the voice of this work. I started reading it shortly after finishing nanowrimo, which was a mistake. It made me feel very ... small ... as someone working on their own writing. The atmosphere he was able to create, within the first page of the novel, made me feel like I was dreaming as I was reading.
This is book #4 finished of the year, and it has definitely taken a ton of my time. At 1,157 pages, it's an absolute behemoth. I'm very happy I read all the way to the end, but it was definitely difficult to get through. I'm very much a person that reads more than one book at once, and having one take me this long (six months) to finish definitely left me feeling antsy that I couldn't spend enough time with my other books.
However, I do think this should have been a much shorter book. It makes sense that it was three books originally, but it just felt like there was so much description and dense detail that was ... ultimately not necessary. Definitely made me feel like I was a part of the book, but it also really drew it out. Large portions of the book take place while the characters are waiting, or staying in one place, and ... it felt a little self-indulgent.
BUT I'm very glad I read it.
Now, on to more books!
50bookchallengeI DID IT! I am posting to triumphantly announce that I have FINISHED READING 1Q84.
I was absolutely taken in by the storytelling technique, the vision, and the voice of this work. I started reading it shortly after finishing nanowrimo, which was a mistake. It made me feel very ... small ... as someone working on their own writing. The atmosphere he was able to create, within the first page of the novel, made me feel like I was dreaming as I was reading.
This is book #4 finished of the year, and it has definitely taken a ton of my time. At 1,157 pages, it's an absolute behemoth. I'm very happy I read all the way to the end, but it was definitely difficult to get through. I'm very much a person that reads more than one book at once, and having one take me this long (six months) to finish definitely left me feeling antsy that I couldn't spend enough time with my other books.
However, I do think this should have been a much shorter book. It makes sense that it was three books originally, but it just felt like there was so much description and dense detail that was ... ultimately not necessary. Definitely made me feel like I was a part of the book, but it also really drew it out. Large portions of the book take place while the characters are waiting, or staying in one place, and ... it felt a little self-indulgent.
BUT I'm very glad I read it.
Now, on to more books!
