However, I don’t feel as if it’s fair to judge a book based on hindsight. It was only when I reached the end, which resolves nothing and draws attention to the lack of a traditional story arc, that I really got back to picking it apart. During the reading process, I was rather engrossed. Which pretty accurately summarizes my feelings towards the book as a whole. I can’t say I saw the point behind it all, but the end result read well enough, so who was I to complain? But once the POV stopped hogging all the attention and he let his characters talk and interact, I found myself taken with his writing style, even in those sections where he starts toying with the POV some more. I’ll admit, I initially balked at it, taking issue with his making the POV a character in and of itself, so to speak. It was an altogether conflicting experience, I must say. At the behest of a friend of mine, I decided to give Haruki Murakami a look, starting with After Dark, her recommendation.
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