Залишок дня by Kazuo Ishiguro, Кадзуо Ішіґуро

4.08 AVERAGE

alexsharif's review against another edition

3.5
adventurous emotional funny relaxing medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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aarontrawinski's review against another edition

4.0
ishiguro knows how to finish a novel well

avabarnaby's review against another edition

4.0
emotional funny informative reflective sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
A beautiful but subtle book, not at all what I expected. You have to persevere with it, but it's worth it in the end. 

aoife_ni_bhaoill's review against another edition

4.0
reflective sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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philsowilso's review against another edition

Finished in one sitting. I always love Ishiguro’s viewpoints, never feels like you’re supposed to agree with the protagonist but instead go on the journey with them, but he also has a very interesting way of writing repressed characters which this has in abundance. It’s odd to stay it’s a page turner because not a lot happens, but I guess that’s the importance of the little things that do. A wonderful and brief story. 

smcintyre's review against another edition

5.0
It’s about as good as everybody says it is!

Melancholy indeed, but not irredeemably so. Makes you think about the important things in life, which is a fine quality in art.

samilu's review against another edition

2.5
funny reflective sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

i_like_cookies__'s review against another edition

4.0
challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

houseboat's review against another edition

5.0
emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
So slow paced but the ending is worth it. I genuinely cried at the ending.

gorane's review against another edition

4.5
reflective sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes