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!

  • Sandy0006@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    I don’t know. I find literary fiction tends to get lower ratings in general. My opinion is you have different types of readers, but two in general. The first type are the readers that read for fun, and aren’t necessarily “sophisticated” and sometimes just critique it based on their own preferences. Second, you have the more sophisticated readers who analyze as though they are reading it for class and rate it low based on what deficiencies in the authors writing they perceive.