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Kabelo Ntuli kwanzaa — Good book, a bit different than the other Murakami novels I've read. Weaves an interesting tale of the challenges young adults face when they're transitioning from a teenager to an adult. Murakami has an exceptional gift for describing feelings and in this book he uses his talents masterfully.

Jonar Johnson _onar_ohnson — This book is a lot like most things in life, a giant fucking disappointment. It's been years since I read it. When I first met Karen, even more years ago, she gave me a copy of Trip to the Stars (by the same author) to read. Trip to the Stars is one of those books that is magical and pretty near perfect. It's an amazing wondrous book. It's the kind of book that makes you want to go out and read everything else an author has written, just so you can try to capture even some of that feeling again. Years ago Karen warned me against reading this book. At time it was the only other Nicholas Christopher novel available. I didn't listen to her. I listened to her, but more correctly I thought, ok it's not going to be as good, but there will be something good in it. The book was a major disappointment. Like most things that you get really excited about before they happen this book didn't live up to the expectations. It was actually similar to my feelings of seeing Star Wars: Episode One. But it was better than the first Star Wars prequel because there wasn't any pod-racing or Jar Jar Binks. I don't know why I rated this two stars, for my feelings of disappointment it should have rated one star. But at least there was no pod racing, or Jar Jar Binks. It didn't take a great big shit on something I loved as a child, so I guess it deserves an extra star for that. I think this book might be out of print now. That's ok. It deserves to sail silently into oblivion. I think Trip to the Stars is still available, but only as a slightly hideous print on demand version with those awful covers that look like they were done on a color photocopier. A shitty color photocopier, run by some moron who doesn't now how to correct the settings before running a job. That's not ok. In a perfect world, Trip to the Stars should be one of those perennial best-sellers, like Confederacy of Dunces. Well not like Confederacy of Dunces. It should sell like Confederacy of Dunces does, but not suck. Confederacy of Dunces sucks. Why people keep reading it is beyond me. Seriously people give it up, there are better books out there. If you are looking for something literary and humorous, let me point you towards undeservedly underselling Stanley Elkin. Now there is a funny and good writer. Stanley Elkin died in a non-romantic fashion though. His mom was probably already dead by the time he succumbed to disease so she didn't get to push his books on Walker Percy and make him a 'star'. I don't know if Walker Percy ever read Stanley Elkin. He probably did. Or maybe not. I have no idea. So in conclusion. Veronica, bad, but not as bad as any of the Star Wars prequels. Trip to the Stars, amazing! Go read it right now. Seriously, all you with your fancy devices download it right now. Confederacy of Dunces? Mediocre at best, not deserving of it's perennial sales. Stanley Elkin? Semi-forgotten master of the darkly comedic novel, heroically kept in print by the fine folks at Dalkey. Read him, too.