A review by abbeyg113
The Unconsoled by Kazuo Ishiguro

5.0

The Unconsoled is ingenious. The story is a journey without a destination, and simply that: a journey. It feels almost like your mind is wandering as you read it, but Ishiguro is in control of the direction of your thoughts. I find the method in which he made the entire novel in the flow of a dream to be enchanting. Once I was immersed, in the dream, it became my own. Of course not without a level of critique in my own thoughts. For instance, oftentimes, Ryder made me quite angry. Whenever he could never seem to speak to Boris or properly communicate, I could feel the desperation in Ryder rise in myself. That is what also makes this work by Ishiguro so special and touching in some sense. The story became almost a personal experience, to wander into someone else's dream and experience similar emotions in reaction to the character's own. I highly recommend this book, also as an exploration into delving into a narrative that really has no destination. Normally I would feel quite dissatisfied but in this case, I felt almost as content as Ryder, preparing for his next trip.