Edit: the last name of the author is Murakami*

I picked up this book on a whim. I originally I wanted a different book from the same author but ultimately the synopsis that was on the back really stood out to me as something I would be interested in reading.

The nameless MC is passive, stoic, and lives life going with the flow of things with no real or adverse change to his day to day life. While everything that does happen is caused by an outside party that through everything, is all connected to one another in some way, shape, and or form.

The way the MC speaks and carries out his everyday life heavily reminds me of “The Secret History” by Donna Tart where the MC of that story also lives his life ultimately affected by only the actions of others around him.

The story is gripping and exhilarating. It leaves you questioning everything and wondering what else could be connected and at what moment will all the connections come together. It has humor, sentimental feeling, real life dread, and ultimately murder, maybe. Who knows if the character did what is speculated to have happened. And in the end, who knows if the happiness the nameless MC found was real.