1Q84
Rating
The Pequod Review:
At nearly 1,000 pages, 1Q84 is by far the longest and most sprawling of Haruki Murakami’s books to date, and involves two people who find themselves in an alternate world (1Q84) filled with a number of characteristic Murakami oddities: two moons, a tribe of “Little People” who emerge from the mouths of dead goats, and an obsession with everyday objects like toaster ovens and spaghetti sauce. The book is enormously readable, but the plot is a bit scattered and unresolved — and as a result it doesn't quite match the depth and substance of his masterpieces.