Reading any Murakami novel you have to trust him to pull you in any direction.
Did find it a bit difficult to get into it, but once into his stride he took me by the hand and let me trust him again.
Some people say it's simple writing.
That is intentional, which is why he writes in English, a second language then gets it translated into Japanese and then someone translates it back into English.
It is to make the language as sparse as possible. The sign of good story telling
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