Review: Sputnik Sweetheart

Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Sputnik Sweetheart is not the best Murakami book I've read. However, it is a Murakami book. That is to say, I opened it with the intention of reading one chapter and then spent the rest of my evening devouring it till I had read it from cover to cover, and then re-read my favourite sections again. I find his style delightful, there is misleading simplicity that soon turns into intriguing complexity. The characters are charming in the strangest ways possible, they are real but also clearly not. This is all better felt than described.

It provokes thought, it raises questions that it does not answer and leaves the reader to ponder into the late hours of the night over a glass of something strong. It is interesting beyond the plot on the page, and it is mysterious even after the back cover has been turned over. It denies the reader satisfaction, but it is clear why it has done so. One can't complain.

I liked it. Maybe you will too.

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