I literally spent months reading this book. And I enjoyed it, truly. It was unlike anything I've ever read before and strangely bland and fantastic at the same time. I couldn't really apply any of the tags/labels for this book on it's bookshelves besides read. I gobbled it up but it also took forever for me to read. Without question the writing is stunning. Small portions of it I found a little beyond me because it was referencing some geography and history unfamiliar to me but that would be more familiar to other readers. This is the first time I've read a book where I can honestly say that I never had any idea where it was going, the story just twisted and turned in such unexpected and delightful (and sometimes frightful) ways and I could never have anticipated any of it. 
 This is the first book I read by Haruki Murakami and I am really looking forward to reading another one soon. I think I may read 1Q84