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A review by funktious
The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
As with Klara and the Sun, I’m unsure how I feel about this book after finishing it. I think it will need a reread at some point.
More of an atmospheric, extended metaphor than an actual plot, with an intriguing, eerie, post Arthurian setting. Interesting themes of national identity and collective memory - I couldn’t help thinking of Brexit, which obviously the book predates, but it would’ve been written in that febrile era of 'we don’t need them, we can go it alone, up Britannia' etc etc.
I struggled with the dialogue, and found the whole middle section a bit of a slog, but the ending was strong, if melancholy. I’ll come back to this again.
More of an atmospheric, extended metaphor than an actual plot, with an intriguing, eerie, post Arthurian setting. Interesting themes of national identity and collective memory - I couldn’t help thinking of Brexit, which obviously the book predates, but it would’ve been written in that febrile era of 'we don’t need them, we can go it alone, up Britannia' etc etc.
I struggled with the dialogue, and found the whole middle section a bit of a slog, but the ending was strong, if melancholy. I’ll come back to this again.