Well surely this is a sign that one is getting older, more matured.
Never I thought I’d ever read this type of book. I only discovered through audible special offers. I used to think this is the hype of book your high school teacher forces you to read. 😂
I usually enjoy plot based fiction (I am under the foolish and childish idea that good fiction should be about adventure and exciting/interesting events), rather than a study of an individual’s character.
However this book really caught me by surprise. I was perplexed that I could find myself relating to a butler who served the high aristocrats during WW2.
As someone in their mid 40’s, I also feel stuck in a dead end job, I too look back on missed opportunities and regrets, I too felt what it’s like to be a prisoner of expectation and I too know all to well know how it feels to pine after a lost love and happiness because normal human interactions become so alien to one’s self. I can confidently say this book really did speak to me.
Spoilers Some people will see the ending as depressing, however I’m off a different view. I like to believe the main character finds comfort in his self, I think he learns to have a more positive outlook on life.
Well as you can tell am no Kazuo Ishiguro. I unfortunately don’t possess his writing skills. I thank you for reading my incoherent ramblings. I’m so glad I have r/books, there are so few people in my personal life that I can talk books with. Please let me know your thoughts.
I LOVED this book. I sobbed at the end, having interpreted it the sad way, but I do like your take.
I would have given it a 3/5 for basically the whole book. It all came together in the last few pages and in those pages it went from a 3 to a 5. I read it two years ago and I still think of it often.
I had a similar feeling when I read The Albatross by Nina Wan recently.