I’m a big time Ishiguro fan and can’t for the life of me understand why his books are rated so low on Goodreads?

My hunch is that he doesn’t always go for the happy endings, not always a perfect resolution, and can leave someone unsettled but the books themselves are great works of literary art. It won’t end like some superhero movie with the good guys saving the world from the bad guys

But am I missing something?

Also no spoilers on any of his books!

  • harrisonisdead@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I’d consider the 4 range many of his books are in to be quite a high rating. The only books that get much higher are either canonized classics or hyper-wide-appeal Reese’s Book Club type books, and I don’t think it’s necessarily a badge of honor for a contemporary book to have millions of ratings and a 4.5 average.

    If a book has under a 3, then yeah I’ll probably take Goodreads’ word for it. But I’ve read plenty of great stuff with averages in the low to mid 3 range, let alone closer to 4. It’s not a bad place to be, it just means it wasn’t designed to appeal to every single person that comes across it, which isn’t what you should want out of a book anyways.