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Nana, by Ai Yazawa. By a MILE. I've been reading and re-reading this series for the past 9 years, and it's complex enough that not 2 readings are the same. It's seriously mind-blowing.
Anything else by Ai Yazawa is also pretty good. Gokinjo Monogatari is a cute coming of age story.
The poor writing is nowhere near the biggest problem with this book.
I bought this book expecting erotica; the sex scenes put me to sleep. Literally. Multiple times. Not once was I turned on by any of it - it just really wasn't that exciting. My sex life is far more exciting - but then again...
Ramin Karimloo's 25th Anniversary performance at the Royal Albert Hall, maybe? Hence this spike in interest, I'm guessing.
That said, I should probably read it. Have you read Gaston Leroux's other novels? How would you say it compares?
Funnily enough, something about Murakami's writing makes me really, really uncomfortable. I don't know what it is. A sense of the uncanny, perhaps.
I've read Norwegian Wood and quite a few of his short stories, and, just thinking about them, I can't shake that ominously uncanny feeling. Shudder...
I do and I don't.
I don't really enjoy modern travel literature, because it either a) puts preconceived notions into my head before I visit a place, or b) risks overriding whatever opinion I had of places I'd already travelled to. Either way I end up with someone else's opinions and impressions...