I'm reading Haruki Murakami's work for the first time. His way of aligning the lives of two people in alternate chapters keeps you stay on the line of the story rather than confusing which happens in most books. It won't confuse a regular reader but the one who is a beginner. The boy who tries to run away from his prophesied fate yet decides to be strong. The people he meets on his way, his love for reading and his life returning back to normalcy though the other character that runs parallel with him comes to life like the flower which blooms and makes its exit when its time .