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3.54 AVERAGE
3.54 AVERAGE
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
slow-paced
the best book by Ishiguro that I've read yet I think. if you love someone you should tell them while you have the chance
"Leave us. You were always on the outside of our love. Now look at you. On the outside of our grief too."
"Leave us. You were always on the outside of our love. Now look at you. On the outside of our grief too."
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
In a way this book is combining many elements I admire of Ishiguro's writing and yet i can find little to like about it. I always found hid tendency to write endless monologues for his characters was bordering the annoying, but this is the first time it genuinely bothered me. While, with varying degrees of success, many of Ishiguro's books are misleading at first and need to get unraveled carefully in retrospect and may even require revisiting this one is just entirely intent in toying with the reader and leaving them hanging. I have several theories about elemenst of the book myself and I've read about some other peoples. But it doesn't invite any interpretations, even themes seem randomly spread throughout and dropped and picked up almost at random.
I found the first part almost unreadable, I think many others with a tendency to anxiety and stress will be able to relate, as the endless passive stream of random events and complete incapabilities of the protagonist to keep track of either his more or less non-existent schedule, the random events that keep popping up and the point that he randomly adds to his plans for no good reason whatsoever.
Overall, perhapt because I never got much from Kafka either, who people tend to campare this book to and perhaps just because nothing in this book ever quite resonated with me, but I just couldn't warm up to it until the last couple of chapters, where maybe I had just learnt to accept the book for what it is.
Overall I can't say I enjoyed it, I can't say I can find much enthusiasm for it in regards to it being interesting literature as many other reviewers seem to do and quite frankly, after not liking his other books I read recently either, It is taking all my good will to remember the novels of his that I thought were beautifully written, clever, thoughtful and truly remarkable in any sense. Because at the moment I really want to didmiss everything he ever wrote. Because a lot of what I hated in this is what I loved in his other books. But in the end I shall try and get some distance and consider each book for its own merits.
I found the first part almost unreadable, I think many others with a tendency to anxiety and stress will be able to relate, as the endless passive stream of random events and complete incapabilities of the protagonist to keep track of either his more or less non-existent schedule, the random events that keep popping up and the point that he randomly adds to his plans for no good reason whatsoever.
Overall, perhapt because I never got much from Kafka either, who people tend to campare this book to and perhaps just because nothing in this book ever quite resonated with me, but I just couldn't warm up to it until the last couple of chapters, where maybe I had just learnt to accept the book for what it is.
Overall I can't say I enjoyed it, I can't say I can find much enthusiasm for it in regards to it being interesting literature as many other reviewers seem to do and quite frankly, after not liking his other books I read recently either, It is taking all my good will to remember the novels of his that I thought were beautifully written, clever, thoughtful and truly remarkable in any sense. Because at the moment I really want to didmiss everything he ever wrote. Because a lot of what I hated in this is what I loved in his other books. But in the end I shall try and get some distance and consider each book for its own merits.
slow-paced
The oddest book I’ve ever read. Like a dream.
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
emotional
funny
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I love this book. It has everything
challenging
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes