I had read a few of his works before that one, and found it didn't reach as high of a bar. But it was fine. Personally most enjoyed Windup Bird Chronicle, Hard

I had read a few of his works before that one, and found it didn't reach as high of a bar. But it was fine. Personally most enjoyed Windup Bird Chronicle, Hardboiled Wonderland, Colorless Tsukuru. The bad/weird sex is kind of a trope in his books