A review by protoman21
When We Were Orphans by Kazuo Ishiguro

3.0

I'm sorry to say that this book was a big disappointment. 2.5 stars. Ishiguro is an excellent writer, but this book just never went anywhere. The actual writing was good and each moment on its own was well constructed, but as a whole the plot never came together and the characters, though likable, never achieved much depth. The story jumped around some, but with no real direction and ultimately I never cared at all what would happen, and the one thing I might have cared about was teased and then didn't happen. I loved Never Let Me Go, but both The Buried Giant and this one were big disappointments, so unless I decide to check out Remains of the Day sometime in the future, I may be done with Ishiguro.