The Buried Giant in Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge

Mar 24, 2015 Donna rated it really liked it

Shelves: fantasy, historicalfiction

Shortly after the time of King Arthur, an elderly Briton couple set out to visit their son at a nearby village. Filling their journey with peril are cursed mist that makes people forgetful, unfriendly Saxons, deceitful monks, a wandering knight and the dragon responsible for the mist. Never count on a straightforward narrative or happy ending from Ishiguro. The story doesn't really have anything to do with dragons or knights, but about memories and love and death. Is it better to forgive and for ...more

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Apr 19, 2015 Elizabeth added it

I think I'm ready to go wherever Ishiguro wants to go. ...more

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Oct 18, 2016 Anne rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I really enjoyed the mystical quality of this book. The power of memory, joy and loss really hits at the end.

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Oct 05, 2018 Cat rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fiction, booker-prize-winners

haunting, mythical

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Jul 23, 2023 Laurie rated it liked it

Shelves: 2023

I know this is an acclaimed book, and I have read reviews of people who loved it. I just didn’t get the deeper meanings. Still 3 star because the author is so good at character and setting, I just didn’t know what was happening most of the time, and it wasn’t really resolved for me.

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