Things have been busy during the holidays so this post is coming a few days later than scheduled. However, it seems the reading has been good and fast for many of you. Great!
In these chapters we get to know more about Yuki "skills" and the relationship with her particular family. What do you think about them? What about Dick? What is the purpose of his role in the story, if any? And what about the trip to Hawaii? How do you feel about the evolution of the relationship between Yuki and the protagonist? Is it everything clear and clean in it?
Worth mentioning too is the bizarre persecution of Kiki and the elements of classic mystery novel in that persecution that, in Murakami's hands, are at the same time not classic at all. And again, is it all in the protagonist's mind or is it real? Will we know as we keep reading? Looking forward to find out.
I have almost finished the book. At this point I have no idea where things are going.
ReplyDeleteMaybe my fellow cookies who had finished already can tell me if at the end of the book the story will make any sense or if the characters will be connected, as the protagonist is expecting.
In this part, the relationship between the protagonist and Yuki still feels uneasy, as Arantxa put it. I am waiting to see some clear sign that will allow me to "label" it as wrong or as healthy. In relation with this, I am surprised as how Yuki's parents see that relationship without any concern… Maybe because it is easier for them?
Anyway, looking to read the last pages...
Sorry I have been out of the book I suggested. Too bad.
ReplyDeleteMacarena, of course we are not telling you if at the end of the book everything makes sense! You have to find it for yourself :-)
I am fascinated by the relationship between the protagonist and Yuki. In the book, it seems so natural, so harmless. For them, for the parents (?!?!). I tried to imagine what my mother would have said or done if I was going out for dinner and cinema and trip with a thirty-many year old man when I was thirteen. I can only imagine it as a bomb exploding!
The way it is written, it feels so normal. Is it me? I am the one who feels uneasy. Am I prejudiced? Is it because I am a female? Male might perceive it in a different way. Guys, please, tell us how you feel about it!
I can see that same bomb Arantxa mentions exploding in my house too…
ReplyDeleteThe thing is that, at the end of the day, the relationship though very awkward, ended up being positive and constructive for both Yuki and the protagonist. But, how could the parents know? Why did they trust the protagonist without knowing him? Is it maybe something cultural? Is it because of their eccentric personalities and lives? I cannot help thinking that they just did not care too much...