There is nothing wrong with this book. It has an interesting premise, is well written and I enjoyed it. The problem is that it is Ishiguro and so my expectations were high. This is not the beautiful writing he is capable of, nor does it have the insights into the human condition I've come to expect.
If you are an Ishiguro fan you have a dilemma; this is part of his oeuvre but it isn't all that good. Still, worth reading.
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JesseLiberty rated These Truths: 4 stars

These Truths by Jill Lepore
"In the most ambitious one-volume American history in decades, award-winning historian ... Jill Lepore offers a magisterial account of the …
JesseLiberty reviewed 克拉拉与太阳 by Kazuo Ishiguro
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JesseLiberty rated Remains of the Day: 4 stars

Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (Penguin Reader , Level 6 (3000 words))
In the summer of 1956, Stevens, the ageing butler of Darlington Hall, embarks on a leisurely holiday that will take …
JesseLiberty rated One hundred years of solitude: 3 stars

One hundred years of solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Tells the story of the Buendia family, set against the background of the evolution and eventual decadence of a small …
JesseLiberty rated Black Buck: 3 stars

Black Buck by Mateo Askaripour
An unambitious twenty-two-year-old, Darren lives in a Bed-Stuy brownstone with his mother, who wants nothing more than to see him …
JesseLiberty reviewed Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi by Bright Summaries
JesseLiberty rated A Little History of Economics: 2 stars

A Little History of Economics by Niall Kishtainy, Niall Kishtainy
What causes poverty? Are economic crises inevitable under capitalism? Is government intervention in an economy a helpful approach or a …
JesseLiberty reviewed Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
JesseLiberty rated Apollo's Arrow: 4 stars
JesseLiberty rated A Promised Land: 4 stars
JesseLiberty rated Self-editing for fiction writers: 4 stars
JesseLiberty rated Silence: 4 stars
JesseLiberty rated A Visit from the Goon Squad: 4 stars

A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
Jennifer Egan's spellbinding interlocking narratives circle the lives of Bennie Salazar, an aging former punk rocker and record executive, and …