A review by tianabanana
Popular Hits of the Showa Era by Ryū Murakami

2.0

I don't know. There were times where I thought this was a really engaging read (mostly when the instances of senseless violence appeared) but other times, I felt like I was trudging through the most boring, repetitive, pointless prose I've ever read. It came as a shock to me, after having read Almost Transparent Blue (which was so well written and unique that I breezed through it in one day), that the Other Murakami could write pages upon pages about young adults lost in the cracks of Japanese society laughing and laughing and making various strange noises. I mean, I'll read more Other Murakami but this one didn't impress me much.