Toru Watanabe hears the song Norwegian Wood and begins reminiscing to a time 20 years before when he was a college student in the late 60s/early 70s in Tokyo and was in love with a broken girl, Naoko. When he meets Midori, he begins questioning just how his love can be split in two.
A coming of age story, Norwegian Wood includes lots of casual sex (with some somewhat graphic descriptions) and drinking. Mental illness and suicide figure prominently. While I didn’t find it to be a horrible book, I also didn’t find it to be great either. It was just kind of there. I was left somewhat depressed. I can’t say I really recommend it to anyone.
3 (out of 5) Stars
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