End of book 1

I feel like the majority of Veeky Forums dislikes him but there's always one or two RABID - and I mean like cult-level obsessed - fans of his who call people who don't like him "ESL" or brainlets or try to make it sound like he's the only writer in the world capable of talking about globalization.

True, there's a couple in every thread. Their arguments are really long and winded but devoid of any substance.

This is one of those books where the story climaxes 2/3rds of the way to the end and has such a slow burn of a resolution. It's an interesting choice on the author's part, frustrating while reading the last section though.

Who's the Veeky Forums approved Japanese author then? Please don't say Mishima.

Murakami is one of the greatest contemporary writers and I only called that one guy ESL because he clearly had very poor grammar and was incapable of using anything outside out of meme words. I would take the Murakami haters seriously if they ever had a coherent argument and have done a close reading of his work, but they never do.

My arguments have tons of substance, just because you're a brainlet who's incapable of understanding post-modern fiction doesn't mean there is something wrong with my analysis of Murakami's work. Murakami critics on Veeky Forums have ZERO substance to their arguments, all they do it shitpost about how he's like John Green.

Looks like I've drawn the Murakami Defender out of hiding

According to you, no one knows ANYTHING about ANYTHING, if a very valid and clear point is brought up you resort to ad hominem attacks. Dude, we get it, Tokyo John Green is your guy. But to claim everyone HAS to see him with the same misty eyes you do is absurd.

I don't care if anyone dislikes Murakami, its completely your prerogative. I just don't want you shitting up Murakami threads with your intellectually vapid banter when we're actually trying to critically discuss his work, or at least I do, and there are a few others on here that take Murakami seriously.

Also, "very valid and clear" points LMAO. You or anyone else in the recent Murakami threads has not made a single intelligent argument against Murakami, while myself and others have made many in favor. You criticize his prose but you fail to even analyze why you think it's bad. It's not arrogance to not want abjectly simple-minded plebeians like you and other shitposters that post one-liners in threads dismissing authors when you clearly think it's funny to contribute to the terrible culture on Veeky Forums where you fail to provide any intellectual argument to back up your opinions.

Kafka had an ending. the dude grew the fuck up