Reviews - Nocturnes: Cinq Nouvelles de Musique Au Crepuscule

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Nocturnes: Cinq Nouvelles de Musique Au Crepuscule

Lectura refrescante, ágil.

Aunque son historias que dejan queriendo continuar las historias también se obtiene de cada una de ellas un cierre que sacia.

Ideal para romper con una cadena de libros pesados, complejos o incluso una simple saturación mental por el cotidiano.

bigd1711's review against another edition

4.0

funny lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

celjoana's review against another edition

4.0

emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Beautifully written, exploring love, loss, music, and time. Makes you nostalgic for places you’ve never been to. Leaves you longing for more, more from the characters, more plot, more stories. I understand the limitations of the genre. Unlike a novel, these short stories don’t have a satisfying conclusion. They leave you just as quickly as they found you, but impressively, they leave an impression on you, and make you think about time, as a concept and as a personal experience. I’ve had this book by my bedside for a number of years, until finishing the last story today. You can pick it up, read a story, forget about it, and come back to it months later, after you’ve experienced some sort of loss in your own life. That’s what I liked about it. It’s not everyone’s cup of tea though.

elallen's review against another edition

3.5

emotional mysterious reflective relaxing slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jenny_brum's review against another edition

3.5

fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

As ever, beautifully written and evoked but I'm not sure how I feel about any of the male characters and how they feel about women. We're they all props? Was the casual dismissal intentional? Not that enjoyable for me!

sbarnes1346's review against another edition

3.0

This book happened. I read it. Yeah.

reginatw's review against another edition

2.0

No one could be more surprised than me that I didn't love this book. I've read two of Ishiguro's novel prior to this, The Remains of the Day and The Buried Giant, which were both excellent, and I count The Buried Giant among the best books I've ever read. So when I saw this collection of short stories I added it to my list right away. And the title! Nocturnes! Music! Nightfall! Such poetry in the title alone. I thought for sure I'd love it, and come away with the same depth of feeling from these stories as I have from Ishiguro's other work.

To my surprise, I didn't find these stories to be anything special. The only one I really liked was the fifth of the five stories, Cellists. That one I can recommend. The others...I just didn't have a lot of empathy for the characters, didn't find their plights very believable, wasn't drawn into their worlds. On the whole the book was a quick, easy, and not unpleasant read, but not much more than that. Admittedly my expectations were high with this writer, but I don't think my opinion of these would change if they were from an author unknown to me. I still plan to read more of Ishiguro's work- maybe I just connect way more to his novels than his short stories?