thanks to @strangehorizons.bsky.social for giving a home to my newest review:
"If you’ve read Hard-Boiled Wonderland, you’ll recognize its bones here, but ...not having read the prior novel won’t have any impact ... you’ll be equally befuddled either way."

http://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/the-city-and-its-uncertain-walls-by-haruki-murakami/