krdegan 's review for:

The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro

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I struggled through this book. I loved the way the story unfolded with the narrator approaching the story like a journal — first presenting an update on today and then drifting back in time to share memories. And I thought his over-indulgent introspection paired well with his frequent misunderstanding of what was unfolding around him. But unfortunately I couldn’t bring myself to care about him or his employer(s) or most of the storyline, so reading this was a bit of a slog. I stuck with it for the writing.