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There’s been a lot written and said about this story but the biggest thought I have is that Ishiguro is quite deft at creating a world that feels real, with its lingo and routines, real enough that when he inserts small comments from the narrator that indicate a slightly skewed reality, you start to realize how truly odd it is. And I wonder if I lived in this world in the novel, would I buck tradition and make a run for it, or would I do what these characters do—accept their world, with its trad
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For some reason this book did not really enthrall me the way I thought it would based on the premise of the book and the hype I had heard about the story. I kept reading waiting for it to get better and for it to pick up it's pace and emotion, but it fell flat for me. It had such potential to be a riveting commentary on society and what makes a person a soul and so many other deep and sensitive topics, yet I feel like the author never really reached into the reader's own soul enough to make this
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I started listening to this on audiobook on a Thursday, just during my commute. By Saturday, I'd gone to the library to get a book version, so I wouldn't have to burn gas just to know what happened next. I devoured the book that weekend.
The author is a master if flashbacks and jump-forwards - so much so that I kind of want to sit down with the events of the story and put them on a timeline to make everything clear. Despite all the jumping around in time, his transitions are excellent point of re ...more
The author is a master if flashbacks and jump-forwards - so much so that I kind of want to sit down with the events of the story and put them on a timeline to make everything clear. Despite all the jumping around in time, his transitions are excellent point of re ...more
The writing in this book is very careful, very slow but it took me over. I thought it was a good character study but then the science fiction aspect of it all crept up on me. I really enjoyed it.
Wow. Okay I wasn't sure what to think about this one but wow. I think it is the way that everything appears so ordinary and yet there is this other layer that gets to me.
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Aug 11, 2013
Julie
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This book took me foreverrrrr to actually finish. Just not my taste at all. I think I abandoned it like twice before coming back and reading the rest just because I'm waiting for other stuff from the library.
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Couldn't put it down - great twist, pretty near the start...
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May 02, 2008
Meg
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