Smashbomb

Search

Search results

All (4524)

Content

Mix & Mash

Music and Entertainment

(0 Ratings) Rate It

App

Looking for an awesome crossfade app to improve your music? Look no further - Mix & Mash is simply...

Lynda.com

Education and Productivity

4.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

App

Lynda.com makes it easy to learn skills on-demand with unlimited access to expert led courses in our...

FITE - MMA, Wrestling, Boxing

Sports and Entertainment

(0 Ratings) Rate It

App

Watch combat sports LIVE! NEW: UFC Pay-Per-Views will air on FITE starting with UFC 215: Johnson...

ClareR (5784 KP) rated The Buried Giant in Books

Aug 22, 2018

The Buried Giant

Kazuo Ishiguro | 2015 | Fiction & Poetry

7.6

(10 Ratings)

Book Rating

Perseverance needed for this one!

I had really looked forward to this book: I was on the waiting list for it for months before it was released. So I was really excited when I received the email that it had arrived at the library. The added bonus: I was the first person to read it! Now THAT doesn't happen often at the library!
Anyway, on to the content of the novel. Honestly, I found the first half really hard going. I found he narrative voice really wooden and forced, and I was waiting for something to happen for nearly 170 pages. I only persevered because it was Ishiguro - if it had been anyone else, I would have probably stuck to my 3 chapter rule and quit. I'm glad that I kept at it though. Beatrice and Axl are lovely characters. A devoted husband and wife, who are human enough to be bothered about other people as well. To be honest, all of the characters are really likeable.
My advice: keep going, if like me, you're finding this a tough read. You will be rewarded!!