A review by samyukta_24
Birthday Stories: Selected and Introduced by Haruki Murakami by Haruki Murakami

3.0

Out of the 13 birthday stories, including one by Murakami himself, I enjoyed more than half of them, whereas the rest were just meh, or too bizarre for me. I did love the different writing styles of all the authors, but none of the stories had a “happy” birthday feel about them. Most of them just dealt with the sadness of another year passing by. It was a little depressing... But Murakami’s short story “Birthday Girl” at the end managed to lift up my spirits a little.

My favorite story would have to be "Ride" by Lewis Robinson, which was quite funny but tinged with deep emotion as well.

All in all, It’s worth a one-time read.