Good Omens?
Labels: Good Omens, Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett
"If we played Cultural Fantasy Boxing League, and made books go 15 rounds in the ring against the best that any other artform had to offer, then books would win pretty much every time... The Magic Flute v. Middlemarch? Middlemarch in six. The Last Supper v. Crime and Punishment? Fyodor on points. See?" - Nick Hornby
Labels: Good Omens, Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett
Labels: Jodie Picoult, Nineteen Minutes
Labels: Harry Potter, JK Rowling, Tales of Beedle the Bard
Labels: Before I Die, Jenny Downham
If you are the sort of reader who needs answers, Murakami is not your man. Like his other books, South of the Border, West of the Sun leaves the reader with so many questions...
Hajime (interestingly, the main character's name is always seldom used in Murakami's novels) met Shimamoto when he was twelve. They grew up and grew apart - but he never forgot her. His subsequent relationships always lacked something. Then she walks back into his life many years later, a mysterious figure who comes and goes on her own timetable. And just when Hajime is prepared to throw his whole life away for her, she disappears for good.
We never know why Shimamoto does any of these things - although unlike many of Murakami's other novels (and the ones I prefer) there does not seem to be a supernatural explanation. And so, we are just left to deal with that feeling you get, when you can never know the truth.
Labels: Haruki Murakami, South of the Border West of the Sun
Labels: Twilight
Labels: Stephenie Meyer, Twilight