@corinnec Not everyone likes this author, it seems to me that the main thing is not to start acquaintance with the author through the book Norwegian Forest, otherwise the desire may disappear. For some reason, my acquaintances began to read from this book, and without finishing it they quit, and now they have a bad opinion about everything, although they have not read anything else from this author.
My acquaintance was through the novel Sheep Hunt.
In general, everyone has different tastes.