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1Q84
- Lu par : Allison Hiroto, Marc Vietor, Mark Boyett
- Durée : 46 h et 45 min
- Catégories : Littérature, romans et fiction, Fiction

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The year is 1984 and the city is Tokyo.
A young woman named Aomame follows a taxi driver's enigmatic suggestion and begins to notice puzzling discrepancies in the world around her. She has entered, she realizes, a parallel existence, which she calls 1Q84 - "Q" is for "question mark". A world that bears a question.
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BONUS AUDIO: Audible interviews the translators of 1Q84, Jay Rubin and Philip Gabriel.
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- Lea67
- 03/06/2012
One of the best Murakami novels!
This book is a page-turner, I wish I'd never had to press the pause
button. If it's long (almost 47 hours) it never seems to be and once
finished you'll think: "What, already?" One precision : this recording in English includes all 3 books of the 1Q84 trilogy, as well as a very
interesting interview with the translators (Japanese to English). Now I
wish I'd speak Japanese to be able to read the original and understand
all the subtleties.
In book 1 and 2, chapters alternate between Tengo's and Aomame's
stories. In book 3 there's a third one added, Ushikawa. In the
beginning, you'll probably think there are two parallel stories told,
but as always in Murakami's novels they'll meet in the end. In addition
to different points of view, you'll float between two worlds: the real
world 1984 and the imaginary/parallel world 1Q84 (a tribute to George
Orwell). It's pretty hard to fit this book into a genre category. It's
as much a love story as a detective novel. It moves slowly, especially
during the first part, with many detailed descriptions: as well everyday scenes from the life of a NHK fees collector, as creepy ones of corpses, as deeply poetic ones with the two moons for instance and a couple of highly erotic scenes. But with the amount of questions you'll want to know the answer to, the vivid descriptions are not a problem at all.
Finally I'm taking my hat off to the narrators: all three of them were
pleasant to listen to and did an outstanding job !
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- nreyes
- 10/06/2019
Entertaining, if a little sprawling
There are times when the story’s pace drops off and you are left pondering whether it is worth taking a detour only to end up back in the main plot once again. Nevertheless, a great read / listen for fans of Murakami, but probably not a recommended way to discover the author for newcomers. Could be a bit on the long side for the uninitiated. The split of chapters between the different characters works well but the ending was a bit flat - after many chapters slowly unravelling twists and turns and seemingly impossible connections it just sorts of fades out.
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- dmp1
- 27/10/2020
testicles and breast
I listened through it as if addicted. Only bored by sexual references such as masturbation and so on. The story is pleasant and the performance of readers is top.
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- kathy gzz
- 08/10/2020
BEST AUDIO BOOK EVER
I'm a bit shocked of how fast I listened to 48 HOURS of an audio book, the narrators are out of this world, they are great, the expressions, the tone of voice, everything is ON POINT. Seriously, this is the best audiobook I've ever heard. There's a song in german that someone sings, there's the throat clearing, there's the doubt in the voice, there's everything that is written in the book. I can even say that is better to listen to the audiobook than to read it because of all the things that probably as a western i cannot read or understand with the right accent or with the right pronunciation. I don't think I need so speak about the story since well, it's Murakami. That's all we need to know.
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- Kerem
- 05/06/2020
A superb audio book
1Q84 is a book written with superb imagination and brilliance. The simplicity of its storytelling makes the reader sink in ever more deeply into its simple yet elegant world full of magic. The story is very rich and filled with multiple layers. The characters are very well constructed and relatable. Even though, at times, it feels that everything fits together too perfectly, one never suspects the role and the place of any of the characters, even the ones that are on the sideline. The book captures the reader in an avalanche of characters, emotions, intrigue and coincidences. Even though the book loses some of its momentum towards the third book, it’s still very captivating and exciting. This book is definitely not an easy read but it is Murakami’s best works if not the best.
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- Alexei Tcherkassov
- 07/11/2016
amazing story
the best Murakami I've read/heard so far! the story is complex, surprising and super capturing. the quality of this audiobook is perfect.
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- Joey
- 23/04/2012
I've never read a book quite like this one
I'm always in search of the longest audiobooks I can find, since I usually read both my credits' worth before the end of the month. At almost 47 hours, this one fit the bill and had excellent reviews so I gave it a shot even though I wasn't familiar with the author or book. I'm glad I did. The book (I think it was originally 3 books in Japan) kept me absorbed from beginning to end. It's a very unique idea and I loved the story-within-a-story aspect. Interestingly, nearly all the characters are kind of one-dimensional, from a traditional literary point of view. The characters don't change much from the beginning to the end, which is something I was always taught to avoid in writing, but it works here because (without giving spoilers) the story itself changes around the characters. Instead of the world being stable and the characters moving through it, the characters are the fixed point of reference. Because it's just a little off traditional storytelling techniques, it makes the story feel unique above and beyond the plot itself.
The writing is also vivid and excellent. It's the type of writing where you have to pause occasionally and really take in a phrase that hits you just the right way. Another reviewer commented on the phrase "shaken his heart from a strange angle," which is one that I loved, too. I was also very taken with the phrase "Bright words make the eardrums vibrate brightly." It's such an odd phrase, when looked at literally, but you instinctively know what it means. The whole book is peppered with that kind of language. The author, obviously, takes primary responsibility for this, but the translators also did a great job. I'm not really sure how the translation process works, but I suspect there were spots where they added small explanations to ease the reading of unfamiliar concepts. They also did a great job with the occasional idiom or slang word. It was so well-done that I felt less culture-shock than I have with some books that are written in English to begin with. (There's a bonus interview with the narrators at the end if you want to hear their perspective.)
There are a couple of things that I disliked. The first was, as others have mentioned, the female narrator. It was kind of bizarre - when she is voicing the main character she does fine. She has a pleasant voice that effectively conveyed emotion. When she was voicing some of the other characters, however, it's almost like instead of changing the timbre of her voice she just changed how slowly she talked. The elderly dowager, in particular, sounded similar to a computer reading text. Her speech was very slow, oddly emphasized, and emotionless. In some books with a narrator that talks too slowly I just speed up the playback, but it wasn't possible since the slow alternated with normal speech. My other complaint is that I would have liked it to be about 30 minutes longer and tell us what happened concerning a few supporting plotlines. I'm not saying that every loose end needs to be tied up - I think this is a cultural thing because I've noticed that American books and movies tend to completely resolve all stories and foreign ones don't... I ordinarily accept it as part of the style. But the way it was written, several secondary storylines were building towards a climax and then just disappeared. It felt like when you think you're going to sneeze and then you don't. I don't want to give anything away, so I'll give a made up example: It would be like saying that someone's dog had run away and they got a call from the pound saying there was a dog that might be theirs so they get in the car and go to the pound, and then the story switches to another character and never comes back to tell you if the dog was theirs or not.
Despite my two small complaints, the book is undoubtedly one of the best I've listened to recently and (especially if you like long books) you should not hesitate before getting and reading this book!
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- Cage
- 19/12/2012
Surreal. In other words...
This was a strange one. I was never bored, but the ending was not very compelling. A bit anti-climactic. There is a bit of sex throughout the book, so listen responsibly, kiddies!
I really enjoyed the narration. Both of the main narrators were soothing and gentle, and the third introduced late in the book was also very good.
Now, on to the biggest problem with this book. As many reviewers have pointed out, this book is repetitive. Here is an example (don't worry, it's not actual dialogue, just my impression of a typical conversation)
A: Are you hungry?
B: No, I already ate.
A: You already ate.
B: Yes
A:In other words, you put something in your mouth, chewed and swallowed?
B:That's right.
A: Was it good?
B: It was good.
A: In other words, You enjoyed it?
B: Yes.
A:Yes?
B: Yes.
A. In other words, you are stating an affirmative?
B:Yes.
This kind of conversation happened so many times, it may be responsible for an eighth of this book's length.
Though the story had some extremely moving moments, they were few and far between. It was different, though, that's for sure. My final analysis, the long journey is better than the destination.
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- Christopher
- 21/09/2012
Lovely but missing resolutions....
What did you like best about 1Q84? What did you like least?
There are so many unanswered questions!!! Next to nothing was explained. I understand that the point overall is the enduring all encompassing love, but just have so many questions. What in the world were the little people? What was their purpose? What was the Voice? What in the F???? I was disappointed that nothing at all was explained about the world of 1Q84. The love between Tengo/Aomame was touching but I wanted a more in-depth trip into this strange world of 1Q84 and did not get it.
What did you like about the performance? What did you dislike?
The performance was rather good for all narrators. Despite the insanely long passages they kept me interested.
Was 1Q84 worth the listening time?
Only if you go in knowing THIS IS A LOVE STORY - not really heavy on sci-fi fun/action/fantasy.
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- Amazon Customer
- 11/04/2019
Just don't
I never write out reviews but I feel like I have to caution people to never get this, even if you like the author or think the book sounds interesting. In principle I am against the idea of abridged audiobooks but this is a book that probably could've really used one. This book is known for being extremely slow and repetitive: Mundane details are described repeatedly in quick succession in similar terms, details from a paragraph ago are repeatedly referred to in the most verbose and explicit way, characters constantly repeat each other and spend long amounts of time having inner monologues about utterly pointless stuff, etc. While you can view that as a legitimate and valid stylistic choice for the author of the novel, in audiobook form it is simply agonizing to listen to. It doesn't help that the narrator of the Aomame (the worst and least comprehensible character in the novel, since Murakami is laughably terrible at writing women) portions of the novel reads everything as slow as possible. In a twisted way her narration and voice actually fits the character pretty well, in a way that made me want to tear my hair out every time she was narrating. The other two narrators would be more or less fine if they were reading a different novel, though the Usikawa narrator is a little over the top and the Tengo narrator mispronounces a lot of Japanese names and words. As for the book itself, the premise (once Murakami can finally be bothered to explain it about a third of the way into the book) is that a feminist assassin who targets abusive men is accidentally sucked into an alternate darker timeline, along with her long lost first love who unwittingly finds himself tangled in a conspiracy involving an underground sex cult that gets its religion from interdimensional hobbits. I don't know whether to be angry or impressed that Murakami was able to make a book about that as dull and uninteresting as he did. I don't know if the premise was necessarily a good idea but in no universe or timeline should it have ever been a boring one. I hated this book but I know Murakami has a lot of fans. If you're familiar with his work and can handle the length then you probably already know whether or not you'll like this. But if you're wanting to pick it up, I strongly recommend doing so in print or ebook form instead. It took me over 46 excruciating hours to listen to this entire thing, but with the way the book is written, and the way this is narrated, you could read the print version much faster and have a less frustrating experience with the story.
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- Ted
- 27/09/2012
Er.... Unusual
1Q84 lives along the thin line between mysticism and spiritualism. It is a fantastical adventure through the author's musings about how emotions create reality. I don't know if it is the translators or the author but I did not get the sense that I was allowed to sink into the Japanese culture, but rather cruise a Europeanized/Americanized filtered vision of what might be Japan. It's disconcerting enough to break the reader's mood as are the too frequent allusions and name droppings of stuff the author's read. A couple of times I wondered if perhaps there was a bit of pretension here and there.
Now, do I recommend 1Q84... Well, yeah, I guess. But more for the plot than the blizzard of symbols and allegorical references. The story's compelling... haunting... hypnotic. And well... unusual. You know what? This very long novel is worth the time. I'll think about it... and perhaps feel about it... for a good long time. Which is what I'm thinking this whole experience was :-)
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- Todd
- 21/05/2012
I could not take any more...
I feel as if I could write an entire novel about how bad this book is. But I want whoever reads this review to get my main point quickly.
The writing is trite and made almost infinitely more trite by the female narrator.
Take overly wordy and BORING writing and have a 1st grade teacher read it aloud as if she were reading to her 1st grade class. Tone, inflection, insane dedication to precise and elongated enunciation of every single syllable in every single mundane word! Even the sex scenes sounded like they was being read to children at story time.
I had to stop listening after 12 hours worth (which I NEVER do) before I threw my iPod out the door then ran over it, two times, and set it on fire.
I see loads of great reviews for this book, which is a big part of why I wasted my credit on it, but holy moly,I do not understand how educated people good have enjoyed this. Sorry.
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- Jonelle
- 18/06/2012
Oddly Mesmerizing
What did you like about this audiobook?
I wouldn't listen to this again as it is very long. However, 1Q84 is an oddly mesmerizing tale of two people who find themselves in a parallel world where things are slightly askew.
Set in Japan, the book was imaginative and I found that I was fully immersed in the interesting world and Japanese culture that Murakami created.
While the book could have been shorter and left me with a lot of unanswered questions, I find that I'm still thinking about it even a week later.
Narrated by three people, at first I found the female voice a little irritating; but I came to think that she was ideal for the character.
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- Amanda
- 06/11/2011
WOW, WOW, WOW.
This was my first book by Haruki Murakami, and it was an extraordinary experience. At one point in the book, while discussing one of the main characters, it states that something "Had shaken his heart from a strange angle". And I think that's a good description of how this book affected me. It shook my heart from a strange angle.
I've never read a book quite like this one; it was unique. It has a certain moral ambiguity to it, especially in the first half. This caught me off guard and was unsettling, but it did fade to a much lesser issue as the story progressed.
The story weaves common threads throughout the book; opening up questions on themes of loneliness, the vacuums left by people or loss (and whether these can or should be filled), both the damage and comfort of religion, how our childhood scars affect us as adults (and how much power we should allow them to have) and the very thin line - the delicate balance - between Right and Wrong, Good and Bad.
Mostly, however, the book is a deep mystery that pulls you into it's dark running current and carries you along. I know some of the other reviews did not appreciate or enjoy Ms. Hiroto's narration, but I loved it and couldn't imagine the story without it. I thought it was exquisite, as was the performance of the other narrators as well.
The stunning, stark, simple honesty that was the hallmark of any conversation held by the character of Tengo was my favorite aspect of the book. It's hard to describe, but the character always speaks and replies to questions with no pretense, no pride... it really impacted me.
Especially towards the second half of the book, there were sudden twists of humor that were a welcome gift; inspiring short, unexpected guffaws.
Yes, the book can be unsettling on many levels; but it's also very impactful. I'll never forget my time in 1Q84, under the two moons.
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- Dr.
- 21/05/2012
Slow, Strange, and (ultimately) Satisfying
I have been a Murakami fan for years and I have listened to many of his other titles. I waited months before listening to 1Q84 because I was reluctant to spend weeks listening to a single book. When I did listen to it I often questioned my judgment because the story is SO SLOW. When you have over 46 hours to tell a story, an author has a lot of time on his hands. In spite of this reservation, I want to acknowledge that Murakami is such a gifted writer that he uses that time to richly develop and explore the lives of the two main characters.
True to form, Murakami works his magic and finds a way to draw the listener in to his strange world. By the end of this book I was finally intrigued and I looked forward to the last 8 hours (!). Ultimately, it was satisfying. I must admit, however, when I turned off this book for the last time, I asked myself if this was the best use of my 46 hours, 50 minutes. Interestingly, since I finished this book weeks ago, I have thought about it very little.
For those who are curious about Murakami but are reluctant to start a book of this length, I would recommend some of this other titles - especially Kafka by the Shore or Norwegian Wood.
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- Theodore
- 13/06/2013
Hard to Find Fault
This is one of those books that have been getting rave reviews from bibliophile or rather anyone who is a fan of modern literature. The book appealed to me for a number of reasons but for some strange reason I never got around to give it a try until recently. I wasn't disappointed...
The first thing you find right off the bat is how well Haruki Murakami is able to use words to paint a picture. And I am no referring to a half baked imagery that leaves you to fill in the blanks but he fully attempts to describe the scenery in such a way that your entire senses seem to be a part of it. This can cause someone to get impatient and skip past these moments and lose one of the things that make this novel really special.... that amazing attention to detail.
Keep in mind whilst going through this novel that originally this was actually three books. 1Q84 was actually released as three separate books (Book 1, Book 2 and Book 3) and so while it might seem really long, keeping in mind that it originally was three separate books it's actually pretty normal in terms of length (and also bang for your buck seeing that you're buying three books in one). This is one of those books where patience is a good thing, just sit back and enjoy the ride, don't watch the hours spent going through the book just enjoy the actual journey. I can assure you by the time the book actually ends you will be begging for more once you really allow yourself to enjoy it.
1Q84 is, at worst, one of the most imaginative story lines I have ever really come across. Haruki Murakami weaves an elaborate and immaculate storyline with interesting, flawed characters each with their own back story. Even these minor characters are developed in a way that leaves you feeling satisfied in the end. I am seriously impressed as to how Haruki Murakami came up with the storyline and the time and energy that was invested in creating this piece of work, if this is the style of Japanese writers I would hope that more can be translated to English.
The narration in this book takes some getting used to, especially the voice of Allison Hiroto which can quite literally put you to sleep with how soft and gentle it comes off. After an hour or two though all the voices just seem to lay on you like high quality satin sheets (another sleep reference but without it actually putting you to sleep). Once the story picks up you get gripped and caught up with the way the narrators still seem to be so patient in their delivery but yet somewhat wishing they would pick up the pace. Truth be told though, you likely won't increase the tempo at this point because you would have gotten so used to the pace you won't mind it at all.
I truly can just go on and on about this book for the mere fact that it was done so exceptionally well. When I can write a review this long it means I either really enjoyed or really disliked it... and this book.... I LOVED!
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- Fotofreak
- 09/01/2015
Ein faszinierendes (Hör)Buch
Ein fantastischer Roman, der Fantasie, Spannung, Gefühl und Exotik vereint. Erstklassig umgesetzt als Hörbuch. Die einzelnen Kapitel werden aus der Perspektive unterschiedlicher Personen erzählt, was durch unterschiedliche Sprecher umgesetzt wird. Die Sprecher nehmen sich Zeit und sind sehr ausdrucksstark, die englische Sprache ist sehr gut zu verstehen.
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- Axel
- 26/02/2012
Haruki Murakami at its best
End is approaching (about 9 hours left) and I am still fascinated by the story. The book is exciting and tantalizing from the beginning. It is difficult to stop listening but generally easy to listen (e.g. in the car) and to follow the story even after some days of not finding time for it. For non natives, the English is relative easy to follow, similar as Ken Follett.
As usual for Murakami, it is a combined love, mystery, crime (some), and fantasy story with a philosophical touch, a lot of strange thinking, the typical Murakami blend of fantasy and realism....very entertaining; simply a brilliant, ingenious book. The main characters are well described with interesting and positive personality; so it’s easy to get “into” the story and being a part of it.
It is a typical Murakami book, but perhaps more interlaced, complex as previous books (1000 pages!), with several levels but it never gets boring when I am listening (...in the car or during simple house work).
You have to listen to it if you are a Murakami fan. I also can recommend it for people which never have listen/read Murakami but like long stories such as the ones from Ken Follett, Jeffry Archer, Stephen King, James Clavell etc..
story: *****
performance and narrator: ***** (all three)
value for price: *****
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- Annika
- 25/06/2013
Ein modernes (Anti-)Märchen
Am Anfang ist wohl immer etwas Befremden, wenn plötzlich ein zweiter Mond oder die"little people" auftauchen. Aber es lohnt sich, sich drauf einzulassen. Murakami erzählt ein modernes Märchen, das zwar einige unrealistische Elemente enthält, im Ganzen aber hochaktuell ist. Und das mit einer unübertroffenen Poetik! Ganz deutlich - wie in allen seinen Werken - wird auch, wie sehr er von der westlichen Kultur geprägt ist, was es dem nicht-japanischen Leser vermutlich noch viel einfacher macht, den Reichtum seiner Anspielungen zu verstehen. Und es gibt tatsächlich nach vielen unerwarteten Umwegen ein Happy End, das - wie sollte es bei Murakami sein - ganz anders aussieht, als man am Anfang gedacht hätte.
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- Tatiana Istomina
- 17/10/2012
angenehme Stimmen
Ich bevorzuge generell die englische Übersetzung der deutschen, und auch dieses Mal habe ich die richtige Entscheidung getroffen - die Stimmen sind für dieses Audiobuch perfekt ausgewählt - angenehm und melodisch, Genuß pure!
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- Anonymous
- 16/09/2012
Geht dem Autor die Phantasie aus?
Dies ist mein zweites Buch von Murakami, nach "Kafka am Strand" war ich sehr gespannt darauf. Es scheint mir jedoch, dass der Autor zu großen Teilen bei sich selbst abschreibt (zu viele gemeinsame Berührungspunkte mit dem "Kafka am Strand" als man es nur Zufall nennen könnte: Katzen, Krähe, Bewusstsein vs. Unbewusstsein, Eingang zu einer mysteriosen Welt, der gefunden werden will etc.) Das alles ist in eine Geschichte eingebunden, die jedoch - insbesondere mit ihrem Ende - nicht überzeugt; zumindest ist es eine Enttäuschung für die Ergebnisorientierten.
Positiv hervorzuheben ist nach wie vor Murakami's Belesenheit, die er immer wieder in seinem Buch demonstriert, indem Zitaten aus der Weltliteratur eingebunden werden; jedoch ist dies für mich persönlich zu wenig, er etnwickelt kein eigenständiges Sujet auf dieser Basis.
Es drängt sich der Eindruck auf, dass hier vielleicht ein Ghostwriter am Werk war, der Murakami kopieren sollte - im besten Fall. Im schlechtesten - dem Autor ging die Phantasie aus.
Englische Hörbuchversion ist für Non-Natives leicht verständlich, die Sprache ist generell sehr einfach gehalten und durch die vielen Wiederholungen kann man einzelne Sequenzen beihnahe auswendig lernen.
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- Silvi G.
- 10/05/2019
Exceptional
This was exceptional. I wrote in an early reading update that I feel like this trilogy is more like a slowly unraveling piece of art and I still stand by it. This series is probably not something for people who enjoy fast and action packed stories but for people who enjoy a slowly developing plot and an intricately detailed world building with interesting and complex characters. This story and its characters felt incredibly real to me and I feel a bit lost now that I've finished this almost 1000 pages long book after listening to it every night for two months. If you're interested I HIGHLY recommend you to listen to the audiobook from audible narrated by Allison Hiroto, Marc Vietor and Mark Boyett. It's perfect.
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- J. Fischer
- 31/03/2019
A little disappointing
The narrators are great, especially Tengo and Ushikawa. I liked the story in the beginning but it slowed down extremely in the middle and the conclusion was incredibly predictable. Which is generally okay but not to an extent where I get bored for more than 10h while barely anything happens (3 months in the book). Also the characters are very inconsistent which of course also is true for real humans, but not like this. E.g. it is mentioned that Aomame looks at her reflection in the mirror for several minutes every day. 20 chapters later that changes to "she had always avoided looking in the mirror".
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- lunacybot69
- 22/03/2019
2 out of 3 ain't bad
Books 1 and 2 exceptional. Book 3 somewhat less satisfying. Overall, thoroughly enjoyable and very skillfully and aptly performed.
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- S.G. Dinklage
- 13/11/2018
Lecture for schools
This should be a mandatory lecture, incorporated in the curricula for colleges for literature. This book deserves a the highest book price for its impressive narrative capabilities
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- Hasis
- 25/10/2018
Captivating
Could not stop listening to it. The female voice irritated me in the beginning, but at the end I loved it. The finale was disappointing, I expected something more than that.
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