just finished the Wind-Up bird chronicle I was expecting a more

Well with Murakami, the journey is definitely the main focus point rather than the ending. Most of the things you mentioned such as what Noburu did to Kumiko, the thing Toru killed, and the resolution are all pretty much metaphors left up to the reader to decide. Creta Kano, in my interpretation, is the fruitful part of Toru's life shown by her fertility, a direct contrast to Kumiko. Most of the novel is pretty much centered around the concept of self-identity, and displayed my means of the weird metaphors Murakami likes to use.

what was up with that child watching some guys fucking around with a tree in the backyard in the middle of the night? did that have any purpose for the story? it just felt unrelated to me

>>8629912
That was Cinnamon, it's how he lost the ability to speak.

>>8629919
well yes, but what does this treefuckery do? what were they burying? where did they come from? why did that one guy climb up and never come down? how does that all lead to the boy turning silent? it all felt so forced

>>8629746
iirc

they or at least creta went to crete and btw creta invited toru with her
likely raped or mind broke, possibly unlawfully detained
noburu's essence
no idea what you want to know

>>8629970
he apparently lost the ability to speak because he underwent a stress related to death or leaving of somebody