"I can't even say I made my own mistakes. Really - one has to ask oneself - what dignity is there in that?" - Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day.
First and foremost, I would like to say that I did not enjoy this book. It was even painful to have to fill out the discussion questions because there is nothing to say.
I ended up watching the movie after the fact just to see if maybe the movie was better than the book. I know, rare, but it can happen.
The movie was terrible too.
I was hoping for more glances, more shared experiences. Nope. It almost solidifies my belief that this was a bandwagon book. Suddenly, everyone liked it, and therefore so did most readers out there -- that if you didn't like it, maybe you didn't get the "genius" of it.
Well, many years later, I'm not so directly influenced by the times.
Not a good book.
It was tedious. The tediousness didn't serve the book either. The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton, which I adore, had an element of tediousness in it. It drove the book. It helped the reader understand the world in which the characters lived in. That is simply not the case in this book. It does not translate.
I would not recommend this book ... to anyone.
Rating system:
God, I wish I had that time back in my life = 0
Eh, it wasn't the worst book I've ever read = 1
Shrug, I mean, it was okay = 2
I enjoyed it = 3
Have your read this book? It's pretty good = 4
Wow, you need to read this book now = 5
The Remains of the Day = 0.5
I ended up watching the movie after the fact just to see if maybe the movie was better than the book. I know, rare, but it can happen.
The movie was terrible too.
I was hoping for more glances, more shared experiences. Nope. It almost solidifies my belief that this was a bandwagon book. Suddenly, everyone liked it, and therefore so did most readers out there -- that if you didn't like it, maybe you didn't get the "genius" of it.
Well, many years later, I'm not so directly influenced by the times.
Not a good book.
It was tedious. The tediousness didn't serve the book either. The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton, which I adore, had an element of tediousness in it. It drove the book. It helped the reader understand the world in which the characters lived in. That is simply not the case in this book. It does not translate.
I would not recommend this book ... to anyone.
Rating system:
God, I wish I had that time back in my life = 0
Eh, it wasn't the worst book I've ever read = 1
Shrug, I mean, it was okay = 2
I enjoyed it = 3
Have your read this book? It's pretty good = 4
Wow, you need to read this book now = 5
The Remains of the Day = 0.5