Suggested by Janet:
How about, “What’s the worst ‘best’ book you’ve ever read — the one everyone says is so great, but you can’t figure out why?”
I’m on blog punishment, which means that I had told myself that I couldn’t participate in any memes or fun stuff until I caught up with my reviews, but I just have to answer this question and say Never Let Me Go
Hi!
I clicked on the link and read the premise for this book and I don’t think it would be my cup of tea. I have noticed that when a book has a lot of wonderful reviews, I tend not to like it as much. Have a wonderful weekend.
Don’t know the book and not encouraged to check it out
So glad I’m not the only one who can’t read Ishiguro! I’ll never try another one!
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I’ve read two Ishiguro books, Never Let Me Go and An Artist of the Floating World. I really liked Artist because of the setting in Japan, but Never Let Me Go was just too weird and didn’t have much of a payoff at all.
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I agree. I loved ‘Remains of the Day,’ but not ‘Never Let Me Go.’ Just in case, I followed it up with another of his novels, ‘When We Were Orphans,’ and it didn’t quite rise to the occasion either. Oh well! Clearly an amazing writer, but not every book is a home run.
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I did like “Never let Me Go”, but at the same time I could see that it was flawed. There was a better book in there trying to get out!
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I understand your frustration. The book not easy to like. It’s probably not the best of Ishiguro’s work. I do enjoy The Remains of the Day.
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I’m in the middle of reading that right now! I’ve seen mixed reactions to it, and I’m trying to keep an open mind in forming my own.
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How about The Time Traveler’s Wife? Everyone but me seemed to like that. I thought it was a second-rate romance and there are lots better time travel stories.
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blog punishment! awwww
I have heard of Kazuo Ishiguro but never read his work.
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I admit this one is one I would like to try. It will be interesting to see what I end up thinking when I do. From the comments left, I can see it’s probably not the best of the author’s books to start with.
It is interesting, the range of opinions one book can garner–from people who love it to those who don’t, and everything in between.
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