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4.08 AVERAGE
4.08 AVERAGE
The writing is delightful; emotions are at times expressed indirectly or subtly through body language.
A gently heartbreaking novel about the sudden growing realisation of the prison that someone can build for themselves with the ambition to do the right thing, particularly when done in service of the wrong ideals. Portrayed through the reflections of a butler remembering his service to a Nazi sympathetic master it shows how this dedication to service leads him to cripple all of the genuinely important relationships in his life in a way that is quite profound.
Charmig ändå! Önskar uppgiften hade gett lite mer utrymme att göra en djupare analys för tycker det var så mycket i boken som hörde ihop. Att Mr. Stevens opålitlighet att återge berättelsen hade så mycket med hans jobb att göra och att hans komplicerade relation till och svårighet med humor hade mycket att göra med det faktum att han inte är van med annat än att behaga sina överordnade. Och i detta ingår det att aldrig säga emot dem eller komma med någon slags kontrapunkt. När han inser att han kanske måste tänka om öppnar det därför upp nya möjligheter både för vad han är beredd att berätta och hur han förhåller sig till folk.
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Stevens is the perfect English butler, dignified and devoted to the house and the master he served for decades. Yet after World War II, his perfect world has faded, and as he looks back over the years, he sees, as the reader does, that perhaps it wasn't so perfect after all: Lord Darlington was not as virtuous as Stevens would like to believe, and Stevens sacrificed much in order to serve properly.
Ishiguro uses the first person, speaking with Stevens' voice, and his style is unfalteringly pitch-perfect as Stevens recounts the years of his career. Stevens is a prisoner of his dignity and his position, and his constrained mind, soul, and heart cannot reach out to others, even to Miss Kenton, whom he could love, or to his father, an old servant himself. On the surface, The Remains of the Day is often very funny, a comedy of manners; deeper down, it's almost unbearably sad, though with a touch of hope at the end. It's a wonderful, perceptive character study, both of Stevens himself and of postwar England.
Ishiguro uses the first person, speaking with Stevens' voice, and his style is unfalteringly pitch-perfect as Stevens recounts the years of his career. Stevens is a prisoner of his dignity and his position, and his constrained mind, soul, and heart cannot reach out to others, even to Miss Kenton, whom he could love, or to his father, an old servant himself. On the surface, The Remains of the Day is often very funny, a comedy of manners; deeper down, it's almost unbearably sad, though with a touch of hope at the end. It's a wonderful, perceptive character study, both of Stevens himself and of postwar England.
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Pretty flawless from start to finish. There’s so much going on and it all feels easy and natural.
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes