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[momitsnowme]

Yeah!! I'm excited to see how they come together too!

[momitsnowme]

What did you all think of the hotel bar scene? I thought it was still pretty male gaze-y even though it is from aomama's perspective.

Oh! And I thought it was funny he mentioned a bald census. Is it in the Windup Bird Chronicle where she is counting bald men?

Are we aiming for 200 by April 17?

[momitsnowme]

Eh?

[Pat2099]

Yeah I can do it!

[momitsnowme]

Woohoo!

[Pat2099]

How do you all like the book so far? I got all the way up to page 450!

[momitsnowme]

Wow! I'm on like 217. I think it is great so far. And I'm happy to at least see the beginning of the Aomame/Tengo connection. I still feel the Aomame sex stuff is a little male gaze-ish, but I trust Murakami enough to ride it out and give him the benefit of the doubt for now.

[momitsnowme]

Page 475! Anyone else still in? Whoa, it is getting crazy.

[Pat2099]

I'm on page 600 something! I really like it, can't give too much away though!

[momitsnowme]

Haha,are we just gonna wait til we are either at the same place or til we're both done and then talk?

[Phitney]

I'm still around page 200-something :( I definitely fell off on this one. I'll try and catch up!

[momitsnowme]

It picks up! I think you can catch up!

[Pat2099]

I finished it like a couple weeks ago. The male gaze-y stuff definitely lessens. I was pretty entertained throughout. What page is everyone on?

[momitsnowme]

880 something!

[momitsnowme]

I just finished it! Ahhhh!

[Aaron]

I just finished reading this.  Finishing the book feels like waking up from a long dream I'll probably forget in a few hours.  Carl Jung was obviously an influence, and the book had a strong mythic, dream-like quality to it, while still maintaining a solid groundedness in its way.  It definitely takes a master novelist to maintain that for 1150 pages.  While reading it I could feel the story working on me on a really deep archetypal level, like any good fantasy novel, but I still don't really get it.  Anybody have any interpretations?

Also, how does it compare to Murakami's other books?  This is the first I've read by him.

[momitsnowme]

That'd a great way to describe finishing the book!  I don't know if I "get" it either. I think you could definitely be right that it's kind of a subconscious thing it does to you. It is one of the more amazing love stories I've read I think

[momitsnowme]

And I think this is pretty comparable to the style of his other books. You should really read Windup Bird Chronicle

[pronetoaccidents]

I'm gonna dive head first in there with ya!