Dance Dance Dance

by Haruki Murakami

English language

Published Jan. 5, 1995 by Vintage.

ISBN:: 978-0-679-75379-7

(46 reviews)

In this propulsive novel by the author of Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World and The Elephant Vanishes, one of the most idiosyncratically brilliant writers at work in any language fuses science fiction, the hard-boiled thriller, and white-hot satire into a new element of the literary periodic table. As he searches for a mysteriously vanished girlfriend, Haruki Murakami\'s protagonist plunges into a wind tunnel of sexual violence and metaphysical dread in which he collides with call girls; plays chaperone to a lovely teenaged psychic; and receives cryptic instructions from a shabby but oracular Sheep Man. Dance Dance Dance is a tense, poignant, and often hilarious ride through the cultural Cuisinart that is contemporary Japan, a place where everything that is not up for sale is up for grabs.

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Taru Luojola reviewed Tanssi tanssi tanssi by Haruki Murakami

Kun Maseratin ajaminen mereenkään ei tunnu miltään

4 stars

Kirja, joka on samaan aikaan niin tyypillistä Murakamia, ettei siitä luulisi saavan enää mitään uutta irti, ja samaan aikaan niin oudolla tavalla kiehtova, että sivuja ahmii jännittyneenä eteenpäin. Jälleen kerran päähenkilö on kolmekymppinen hieman epätavanomaista uraa tehnyt freelancer (siis ei salariman-man), joka lähtee jollekin mystiikan ja fantasian rajoja lähentelevälle henkilökohtaiselle löytöretkelle ja pohtii kuluttajaksi pelkistyneen ihmisen asemaa kapitalismissa ja omia naissuhteitaan. Toisin sanoen kirjan naiskuva on murakamilaisen naiivi, mutta muuten jälleen kerran tykkäsin!

Cori H. Spenzich reviewed Dance, Dance, Dance by Haruki Murakami

Review of 'Dance, Dance, Dance' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

A great follow-up to "A Wild Sheep Chase," which continues the story with the same narrator from the first book.

The main character is pulled back to the hotel where things first got really weird, but the hotel is gone. It has been replaced with a large, luxury hotel with the same name. Everything is sleek and new, except for the fact that there are strange stories and rumors of elevator experiences. Stories that get hushed and put away.

If you liked "A Wild Sheep Chase," you will likely enjoy this book too. I would NOT recommend reading "Dance Dance Dance" without first having read the other book, though, because there is so much backstory. One would feel very, very lost (more than the normal Murakami disorientation).

The Gnome King reviewed Dance, Dance, Dance by Haruki Murakami

Review of 'Dance, Dance, Dance' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

I think this series peaked with A wild sheep chase, Dance Dance Dance just doesn't flow as well. it is still a good book but I did struggle getting through all the time spent in Hawaii. One thing I have noticed with Murakami's books is you have to pay attention to everything that happens, even something as simple as somebody saying they don't like a car is important to future plot twists.

The thing that does stop this from getting five stars was the ending, I didn't like it, it feels like quite a cold finish to the series, I invested a lot of time reading this series and I felt a bit short changed with the suddenness to the end, too many unanswered questions, this must have been how viewers of lost felt. It's not going to put me off reading more Murakami though, I do love his style …