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I got back into reading this novel again during my summer vacation and it was a great read. Initially a bit frustrated with its resemblance to Hardboiled Wonderland and the End of the World, I soon found out how it moved on from there and turned into a quite different story - a great reading experience to me.

The story has really taken an interesting twist lately. It is still not clear to me what the purpose of the beginning in “The End of the World” is, but I have a feeling we will return to that later.

The story has now moved on from its initial similarity to Hardboiled Wonderland and the End of the World and is evolving in its own unique way. This has made me far more keen on it.

I have had this book sitting on a bookshelf for something like 15 years without getting around to reading it. I finally brought it on vacation and read it quite quickly. It has some original ideas. I like how Niemi weaves the northern Swedish culture and language roots into the story and manages to do so quite well. I find the story a little messy in places and there are some of the more supernatural aspects I cannot quite decide what to think of. The plot has a seemingly supernatural side character whom I cannot figure out what to make of, and that bothers me a bit.

I have been impatiently waiting for more from Haruki Murakami since Killing Commendatore. When I was casually searching for books of his at our local library the other day, I was pleasantly surprised to learn that he had indeed published a new novel. Off we go!

Very fitting finale to this trilogy. I like how this volume changed the perspective on Bicycle Girl, tied various ends together, and also managed to keep me in suspense about the ending.

Very fitting finale to this trilogy. I like how this volume changed the perspective on Bicycle Girl, tied various ends together, and also managed to keep me in suspense about the ending.

I like how the narrative changes perspective to another primary character in this volume. The story is an exciting development from the first novel. I can’t help but feel that Thompson’s writing style is not always to my taste. I think he tends to sometimes skip very hastily through some of the most crucial points of the story. This leaves me with a feeling of “is it really over just like that?”

Exciting continuation from the first volume. I like how the perspective switches to another primary character.

I borrowed this book from the local library for inspiration. I want to know the classics in Danish furniture design better.

This second novel takes opportunities here and there to explain details I know from the first novel. It’s as if the author wants readers to be able to enjoy the story without having read the first novel. I think it might work. It is just not really necessary when you’ve just read the first novel. Luckily, it is not really annoying either.