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Book Review: Sputnik Sweetheart (Murakami)

I really enjoyed this book. The story it tells, about a man who is in love with a woman that only thinks of him as a friend, the woman she meets and falls in love with, and a strange occurance on a Greek island, isn't particularly significant. I think the book's strength is in its ability to convey so many emotions related to loneliness. The loneliness of being alone, the loneliness of being around people, the loneliness of childhood, the loneliness of travel, the loneliness of being home. This makes a lot of the book have a kind of sad tone, especially with the theme of unrequited love also being present. But I liked the way the characters were drawn, the way the story flowed along with the emotional content. I'm still not sure exactly what it was that made me like it, but his writing style really struck a chord with me, giving me those feelings of wanting to try writing again myself, or at least of wanting to find other good books to read. And I actually did write a fair amount of rather emotional story last night.