1Q84

A novel by Haruki Murakami.


 * Above Good and Evil: The Little People are described in these exact words.
 * Abusive Parents: Fuka-Eri's, Tengo's, and Aomame.
 * Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: The three things Aomame hates the most are: abussive men, religious fanatasim, and constipation.
 * As You Know: Used often as a means of exposition and summarizing previous events.
 * Black and Gray Morality: When the good guy is, you're pretty much stuck with this.
 * Chekhov's Gun: Discussed at length regarding an actual gun.
 * Doorstopper: The Japanese version is 1600 pages long and the English version is 900 pages. The audiobook clocks in at over 46 hours.
 * Down the Rabbit Hole: How Aomame ends up in the altered world.
 * Earn Your Happy Ending: It takes about 20 years for Aomame and Tengo to find each other.
 * Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": The Leader is never named in speech, although his real name is Tamotsu.
 * First Girl Wins: After two decades apart, even.
 * Freudian Excuse: Tengo has a lot of daddy issues.
 * Gainax Ending:
 * Genre Busting: The novel is a fantasy/sci-fi/thriller mix.
 * The Grotesque: Ushikawa
 * Hypocrite: Tengo's girlfriend, despite being married to someone else, insists on Tengo being completely monogamous.
 * Les Yay: Aomame spends a lot of time thinking about other women's bodies.
 * Literary Allusion Title: 1Q84 is a pun on 1984.
 * Murder the Hypotenuse: conveniently disappears as  gets closer to finding him.
 * Same thing with.
 * Mushroom Samba/Pink Elephants: Tengo has a rather odd drug induced hallucination.
 * Never Say "Die": Aomame refers to people dying as "being sent to another world".
 * Not So Different: Ushikawa realizes that he has a lot in common with Tengo.
 * Omnibus: Originally published as three separate volumes, the English release combined all into one really big book.
 * Parrot Exposition: Happens a lot, especially when someone is talking to Fuka-Eri.
 * Pun-Based Title: The title is a pun on 1984. The number 9 in Japanese is pronounced the same as the English letter Q.
 * The Red Stapler: Janácek's Sinfonietta became more popular after the release of this book.
 * Sadistic Choice: Aomame can either
 * She ultimately chooses, but the effects don't get explored in time.
 * Sealed with a Kiss:
 * Spoiler Title: After 78 chapters of Tengo and Aomame looking for each other, the last chapter of Book 3 is called "Tengo and Aomame".
 * The Stoic: Fuka-Eri never shows emotions.
 * Strange Girl: Fuka-Eri, the teenage girl whose draft novel Air Chrysalis sets off Tengu's storyline, has a totally flat affect in her speech and seems vaguely autistic, for reasons that become clear over the course of the novel.
 * Three Lines Some Waiting: Books 1 & 2 are Two Lines, No Waiting with Tengo and Aomame, but Book 3 introduces Ushikawa.
 * To Be Lawful or Good: thinks that the illegality of her actions are a trivial detail.
 * "Well Done, Son" Guy: Tengo. What's odd is that he manages to come to an understanding while his father is in a coma.
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist: kills people who, as far as she's concerned, deserve it.