I thought I would need a little time before I rated this book, but I'm pretty confident it only deserves three stars. I read it in three sittings within the span of a week. Someone spoiled part of it for me, but it wasn't the end of the world in the end.

Some of the things I am about to say are semi-spoilers, but they won't ruin the story for you.

A few people have told me this is their favorite book, but I believe they're all younger than me. One thing that really bothered me was that these people were only 36, talking about their lives as tho they were completely over. Perhaps this is a Japanese thing.

It also didn't seem like Tsukuru got any closure in the book. There were way too many loose ends in this book. I'm okay with books with loose endings but this book just didn't seem finished. From a mysterious phone call, and mysterious stories, to mysterious disappearances. The only answer we really got were why these friends decided to separate from Tsukuru sixteen years go. And even then, I didn't like how dismissive they were of it all. As though the past was the past when it completely changed Tuskuru in both mental and physical ways.

I don't know, this just wasn't the best of his books. But as usual, there will be erections.