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3.25/3.5
skim read the last 30%

dnf 2024-april-27

hmm... sometime in high school

cliche but was fun regardless

was able to listen to it while working

June 30¿? July 1st

????????

i need the next book NOW!!!1!!11!11!!!!

AND WDYM iss gna be a pentalogy?! LOL its okay but i thought it was going to be a duology/trilogy

another neon gods

skipped to the end

too dark & sad :/

wonder what happens to eren tho

lighthearted

i aced the quote's quiz for this play ofc i love it (also - reminds me of The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, Lol)

update: 2024/05/20: okay so 1Q84 is a post-modern love story but it's not necessarily conventional..

from my understanding, Haruki Murakami wrote the novel in 3 parts?? that's why it's 900+ pages

the first third sets up the stage, the second third is very...action-y, it's like - as some of your questions get answered, others start to arise??, and then the last third is when everything comes together and.. ig it's a HEA (happily ever after)¿

it's mostly in dual pov but in the last third, another character's pov was added

I really liked the middle third because it was confusing/interesting and I really wanted to know what happened next. Also, there was this interesting parallel storytelling happening in the dual pov's - what was happening w the female main character (FMC) was also happening with the MMC but under different circumstances.. smth like that

There was also some magic realism in the story which- I dunno how i feel about it, in general... sometimes it's like okay sure, this might as well happen, and other times its frustrating bc idu what's goin on :/

The story also had a political element that - apparently was supposed to be somewhat reflective of Japanese politics in the 80s?? or smth?? or, more broadly (not limited to Japan), smth abt cults during that time
i dunno