Fictional novel review: The Remains of the Day (1989) Kazuo Ishigruo.

Hello all, here I am again. Today I am giving you a review from author of the month, Kazuo Ishiguro. This time, it is his booker prize-winning best selling novel, The Day of the Remains (1989). Some novels I seem to get through rather quickly. This one was not. Now it was a good book, though personally for me, it was not something I would naturally get drawn to.

I thought the novel was good because I liked how the protagonist, Stevens experiences things for the first time. HIs character is different I guess to others around him are. For instance, I find it amusing how he does not quite understand banter. He seems to find it crucial to maintain a correct level of banter. Something else I like is how he moves backwards and forwards to tell his story, even admitting when he gets too carried away with a story.

On the other hand, this novel to me, seemed to drag at times. I often wanted to know what would happen next or whether Stevens would accomplish what he had originally set out to do. Now I can see that this novel is a great book that worthy as a highlight of its times. However, this book for me was not my novel of top choice and did not excite me in the way others had done. This is not to say I disliked it at all, just that I did not love it. I am going to give Kazuo Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day a 5/10.