http://www.nytimes.com/2011… — Janet Maslin hated it even more!

For what it's worth, I reviewed this book myself for a Boston-based arts website. I was so pleased to find this review here (along with the NYTimes review), because I can't BELIEVE that this book is getting so many positive reviews. I've read more or less the entire Murakami canon, including this book start to finish.…