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Unveiling the Layers of Killing Commendatore

This is a short review and analysis of Haruki Murakami’s Killing Commendatore and has spoilers ahead, proceed with caution if you haven’t read the book. This book presents an intriguing and relatively straightforward plot that draws heavily from themes explored in his earlier works. While certain elements may feel familiar to long-time readers, the book remains an engaging read. Murakami skillfully guides readers through a journey filled with compelling characters and surreal situations.

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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle: A Journey Through Trauma and Resilience

Cover of US-imprint of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

After recently finishing 1Q84 and writing a review, I dove straight into Haruki Murakami’s The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. This book had been sitting on my shelf ever since I first read Kafka on the Shore years ago, patiently waiting for its turn.

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1Q84: Murakami’s Twisted Tale of Two Moons and Timeless Love

I’ve recently devoured 1Q84, the gargantuan tome from Haruki Murakami, in less than a week. Apart from the surrealistic and fantasy elements of the book, it was a very straightforward book that propels the reader forward as it shifts from the main characters’ points of view for each succeeding chapters. Overall, an interesting read that keeps you enthralled and invested right until the very end.

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Liu Cixin’s Death’s End

Death’s End is the final book of the trilogy that was kicked off by The Three Body Problem. As I have just finished this book, I’ve decided to pen some thoughts and I would have assumed that you had already read no only this book but the entirety of the series. Be warned as there will be major spoilers.

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Liu Cixin’s Three Body Problem

Cixin Liu’s Three Body Problem is a highly imaginative modern science fiction story that spans multiple generations (or civilizations, once you start to get into it). The story starts rather graphically during the Cultural Revolution, the violent youth revolutionary movement that swept through China during the waning years of Mao Zedong. There, the callous actions of a group of overzealous youths of the Red Guard planted a seed in the heart of Ye Wenjie that would eventually grow into a lifelong resentment of the barbaric nature of humanity.

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