What did you read this year?
Shortest Book
96
pages
Longest Book
944
pages
Average book length in
2024
432
pages
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Least Shelved
42
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also shelved
cheeky’s
average rating for
2024
4.1
4.1
Highest Rated on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ
4.38
average
cheeky’s first review of the year
liked it
Missed potential, but all in all a satisfactory read.
The book is advertised as a genre-bending SciFi read, which I can confirm.
The plot follows two protagonists, who try to uncover the mystery behind randomly appearing "nostalgic" objects, that hold great significance and risk for certain people and mankind itself.
To tell more about this could be considered a spoiler.
The plotline and characters feel well-written but also very familiar, as we've s ...more
The book is advertised as a genre-bending SciFi read, which I can confirm.
The plot follows two protagonists, who try to uncover the mystery behind randomly appearing "nostalgic" objects, that hold great significance and risk for certain people and mankind itself.
To tell more about this could be considered a spoiler.
The plotline and characters feel well-written but also very familiar, as we've s ...more
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cheeky’s last review of the year
liked it
This felt like work. Definitely the least favorite from Murakami I read so far.
This one has the magical disposition that even the most extraordinary things feel like preparing tax returns. Or you could say it is the most sophisticated slow burn romance I ever read. But at least the payoff was ok.
Be prepared: this felt like it heavily contained, in my opinion, some of Murakami's worst characteristics throughout his works - a very descriptive and u ...more
This one has the magical disposition that even the most extraordinary things feel like preparing tax returns. Or you could say it is the most sophisticated slow burn romance I ever read. But at least the payoff was ok.
Be prepared: this felt like it heavily contained, in my opinion, some of Murakami's worst characteristics throughout his works - a very descriptive and u ...more
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