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It's not what happens in this story that's important, it's what doesn't happen. It's not what is said, but what is not said.
I almost feel like Stevens in a real person and not a fictional character. He may well be the most tragic figure I've had the honor to meet/read. He tried so hard to do what he thought to be the right thing and in the end it all turned out to the wrong thing...I cried for at least a half hour after I finished the final page. It was a bittersweet moment when he admitted to h ...more
I almost feel like Stevens in a real person and not a fictional character. He may well be the most tragic figure I've had the honor to meet/read. He tried so hard to do what he thought to be the right thing and in the end it all turned out to the wrong thing...I cried for at least a half hour after I finished the final page. It was a bittersweet moment when he admitted to h ...more
One of this past month’s book club picks. From the minute you read the first page of this novel, you know you are in good hands. Ishiguro makes the voice of the protagonist, Stevens the butler, so clearly defined, and you can immediately imagine him as a character – as a real, live person, actually. You can see him and his every mannerisms fully formed, as you can the other characters in the novel. I don’t often put much weight in the pulled quotes on the front and back of a book, but on my book
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This isn't a bad book, it just isn't for me. I found the narrative far too rambling for my taste. Plus the story never grabbed my attention.
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The book is slow in the beginning but as you continue you fall into its rhythms and can enjoy the glimpse into another era
The tragic, unrequited love that resounds in the ego of this story fascinates me. Beautiful.
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