A Wild Sheep Chase

A good slow burn, mediocre on first half but keeps getting better after chapters goes by.

Como parece sempre acontecer com Murakami, não sei dizer.

Took the book from my college library. Was really enjoying it till I got to a chapter with the name rat in it. That made release it was part of the rat trilogy I have heard about. So I went back and read the previous ones.

They were alright. But this book is on an another level. Really loved reading it. I mostly read it at night so the magical realism parts really cool to read before sleeping. As someone else mentioned here, it's like peering into someone else's dreams.

Não dá pra não comparar com [b:Kafka on the Shore 4929 Kafka on the Shore Haruki Murakami https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1429638085l/4929.SY75.jpg 6191072], que foi o único livro dele que li antes desse, mas ainda assim são livros surpreendentemente diferentes. O estranhamento típico de Murakami permanece, mas toda a forma de contar a história é bem distinta. Enfim... vou tentar escrever só sobre Caçando Carneiros.A primeira porção de ambientação do livro me agradou muito, mas as cenas bem divididas desse início acabam ficando destacadas do resto, acho que esperava que o livro fosse mais como o começo. Gostei muito de como Murakami tece atmosferas e sensações, e também das construções líricas que, num livro com tantos absurdos literais, acabam ganhando ainda mais força. Em contraste, as partes que menos gostei foram as narrações em segunda mão e as mini-biografias que tomam partes do livro pra si, acho que inserir essas informações na narrativa de outras formas poderia ser mais agradável.No geral, continuo achando que Murakami escreve muito bem e cria histórias interessantes e fora do comum. Quero ler mais obras dele e ver até onde ele leva essas temáticas meio surrealistas misturadas com dramas reais.

What a great and fun introduction to Murakami's works and imaginative world. It drags a little at times, but it's always interesting, odd, and contemplative. Even at its most ridiculous, it is subdued and understated, as if nothing is wrong and weird. And I loved it. It was fun, but not (how do I put it) exciting? Thrilling? So if that's what you want out of a fantastical mystery, this isn'it it. But if you're looking for a fun, quirky book with moments of beauty and profundity that presses into the isolation of the human experience and the temptations of the pursuit for meaning in the midst of absurdity, this just might be it.

This is the third book in Murakami's “The Rat” series, and it's noticeably longer and more developed than the previous two. And, what would you know, the book is a wild sheep chase! This is a very enjoyable and satisfying read that will make you become a Murakami fan. He has such an interesting mind that can come up with such outlandish yet incredible stories.

Not the best of Haruki Murakami's that I've read, but enjoyable nevertheless. Ably narrated by Rupert Degas on Audible, the novel is quirky and deep, but not quite as soul soothing as say Kafka on the Shore or 1Q84.

I love the imagination of this author &he kept my interest throughout the book, although it felt at time slike it was taking too long to get to the point. Ending wasn't entirely satisfying

My second Japanese author, though I will not visit Murakami again. The book was strange and slow, like an early David Lynch film. I won't say it was directionless, because it ended reasonably, but it was life-like, which is to say boring and poorly paced. The only value was the ear-fetish: I should start paying more attention to them now.
This was a recommendation by the way...

Excellent except that the ending underwhelmed me. It's possible that there was something to get that I just missed, but it seemed like he had hit some sort of predefined page limit and was like “Well, time to wrap it up.”

Classic Murakami. Hilarious, poignant and profound, sometimes by turns and sometimes all at once.

Like most of his books, I could reread it over and over again. I love his deliciously simple descriptions of the ordinary, I love his unexpectedly perfect metaphors, I love the way he sets up very ordinary characters and settings and then throws you a curve-ball of utter absurdity. Somehow, instead of stretching your credulity, it serves only to highlight the essentially weird and wonderful nature of the universe.My favorite one from this book: “Far off, someone was practicing piano. It sounded like tripping down an up escalator.”