Haruki Murakami – Norwegian wood | Book Review

Went back to Murakami and well, I am finding him boring by now. I mean, the more I read his stories, the more repetitive I find him. His males characters have a lot of commonalities and his females, although diverse, have somehow been involved in some sort of abusive situation (sexual or otherwise).
Although I like how his very out of the box, imaginative stories flow and mix with reality I think that all the repetitive places his visits are just lazy.
This is a love story, and one of Murakami’s most read books at least in the english language, perhaps because of the lesser amount of fantastic situations.
I might go back to visit Murakami’s work but I am not eager anymore. I think it’s better if you let time pass between one of his books and the next.
For those interested in finding out more about this book, I add Goodread’s description of it and the link to access more information.
Toru, a quiet and preternaturally serious young college student in Tokyo, is devoted to Naoko, a beautiful and introspective young woman, but their mutual passion is marked by the tragic death of their best friend years before. Toru begins to adapt to campus life and the loneliness and isolation he faces there, but Naoko finds the pressures and responsibilities of life unbearable. As she retreats further into her own world, Toru finds himself reaching out to others and drawn to a fiercely independent and sexually liberated young woman.
A poignant story of one college student’s romantic coming-of-age, Norwegian Wood takes us to that distant place of a young man’s first, hopeless, and heroic love.