Litsy

The City and Its Uncertain Walls | Haruki Murakami

so-so

Maybe it‘s just my current mood, but I didn‘t love this one. I think I would have liked it more if Part 1 had been the entire book.

rpr007 Did you read Hard-Boiled Wonderland? The walled city is explained more in that book. 3w

rachelk @rpr007 I haven‘t read it — maybe that was part of the problem? 🤔 (edited) 3w

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RowReads1

The City and Its Uncertain Walls | Haruki Murakami

“How I longed to go into the town. Longed to meet the real you. “The town is surrounded by a high wall so it‘s very hard to enter,” you said. “And going out is even harder.”

RowReads1 This is reminding me of Attack On Titan. Not usually my speed. It‘s my ex‘s fault. 1mo

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The City and Its Uncertain Walls | Haruki Murakami

“You were the one who told me about the town. On that summer evening we were heading up the river, the sweet fragrance of grass wafting over us. We passed over several little weirs that held back the flowing sand, stopping from time to time to gaze at the delicate silvery fish wriggling in the pools. We had both been barefoot for a while. The cold water washed over our ankles, while the fine sand at the bottom of the river enveloped our feet like

RowReads1 the soft clouds in a dream. I was seventeen, and you were a year younger”. 1mo

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CaitlinR

The City and Its Uncertain Walls | Haruki Murakami

bailed

I‘m a Murakami fan, but I just could not get into this story. Bailing, but I may try it again when I‘m feeling smarter.

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JenP

The City and Its Uncertain Walls | Haruki Murakami

pick

Libraries, jazz, literary references, ambiguity, cats. A very Murakami-esque novel but not one of my favorites. If you love his writing you will probably appreciate it. But some of the themes, reality vs dreams, consciousness, loneliness, love etc are tackled in better ways in his other novels.

3.5 stars. First read of 2025

BarbaraBB That‘s too bad. He used to be so good 2mo

JenP @BarbaraBB I did still enjoy it but just not as much as some of his other works 2mo

BarbaraBB I already felt that way about

1Q84

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sarahbarnes Bummer, I was excited about this one. Agree with @BarbaraBB that I miss reading his earlier works. Although I did like IQ84. 2mo

BarbaraBB @sarahbarnes I liked it too, I read them in three parts soon after their publication. Maybe that‘s why I was a bit disappointed by the ending, I had been anticipating it for a long time. 2mo

JenP @sarahbarnes I think it‘s still worth reading. If you liked his earlier works. It was fun picking up on the references and nods to other works. And I still found it to be an enjoyable read and a large part of it centers around a library so I did love that 2mo

SilversReviews Love this cover!! 2mo

rpr007 Hard-Boiled Wonderland is a good one to pair with this book. It explains the walled city in more depth. 3w

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JenP

The City and Its Uncertain Walls | Haruki Murakami

First book of the year

BarbaraBB Curious about this one 2mo

JenP @BarbaraBB so far I‘m liking it but I also love Murakami 2mo

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AnishaInkspill

The City and Its Uncertain Walls | Haruki Murakami

#WondrousWednesday @Eggs

I hope I'm not too late to play this
2/ City and It's Uncertain Walls - what a brilliant title, just caught my eye, so I'm intrigued
1/ that would be a room with ambient lighting, a fire going on the background, the one that crackles, coffee and a stack of books, yeah, a nice dream 😂 reality where ever I can fit it in

Eggs Love #1 📖 🔥 📚 3mo

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The City and Its Uncertain Walls | Haruki Murakami