A Wild Sheep Chase (The Rat #3)

Murakami is always perfect, I think. At least, I really, really like everything I\’ve ever read by Haruki Murakami. What make this book a little more special was the wonderful narration job by Rupert Degas. His narration is a lot Frank Muller and David Lynch combined, voice quality, like. His different voices are perfect. He doesn\’t try to add in a Japanese flavor, but rather takes the Japanese settings and locales and interprets the accents to how they might seem if this novel were taking place in America. Like when the narrator of the book goes back to his hometown, the different people in the town have a more country-esque flair to their voices. Too, the way Rupert Degas says the word, \”sheep,\” and the different variations of sheep in this novel is perfect. He buys into this 100 percent and allows us, the readers, to buy in 100 percent, too. His French accents are incredible, also. When the narrator and his girlfriend are dining in the French restaurant in Tokyo, the dude really does a wonderful job with the menu items. And the story is wonderful. If you\’ve never read anything by Haruki Murakami, this is as good as any place to start, I guess. If you have read Murakami before, this is definitely a Haruki Murakami novel. It\’s 100 percent wonderful and definitely worth buying and reading and listening too.

If you\’ve never read Murakami before, this is one of the best books to start with. It has all the elements he\’s known for and the story is fascinating. Don\’t let the fact that it\’s the third book in a series scare you off, because it can be read independently. You don\’t need to have read any other book to read and enjoy this one.

After listening to some other Murakami novels, Ive decided this Degas person is not the worst narrator. At least hes able to read full sentences without stopping midway. But why on earth would a Chinese bartender in Japan sound like a cowboy from Texas? Im taking another star off for the performance because the Rats ex-girlfriend has a goofy southern accent too. THESE PEOPLE ARE IN JAPAN! THEYRE JAPANESE! THEY DONT HAVE AMERICAN ACCENTS! Im taking it all down to one star because I finally got to the part where hes eating and talking. Its disgusting. Everyone involved in this production ought to be ashamed; people are paying to listening to this because they love Murakami, not to hear some person chewing in their ear.

Best of the rat trilogy by far and one of murakamis best. The weirdness of this reading is the strange character voices in the performance incongruous with what we know about each of the characters from earlier in the trilogy.

Murakami great as always, but the narrator was subpar. Some of the voices used for various characters were bizarre, ill-fitting and distracting…felt like he had an inventory of voices and was intent on using those particular voices regardless of appropriateness. This one may be one to read rather than listen to.

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