The Remains of the Day

The Remains of the Day

Kazuo Ishiguro

Enjoyment: 2.5Quality: 4.25Characters: 3.5Plot: 3.5

Librarian's note: See alternate cover edition of ISBN 0571225381 here. In the summer of 1956, Stevens, a long-serving butler at Darlington Hall, decides to take a motoring trip through the West Country. The six-day excursion becomes a journey into the past of Stevens and England, a past that takes in fascism, two world wars, and an unrealised love between the butler and his housekeeper.


From the Forum
  • [deleted]
    spoilers

    post has been deleted.

    1
    comments 0
    Reply
  • Thoughts from 67% (page 164)

    Why is this book so boring? Does anything ever happen? Am I supposed to care about any of these characters? I've attended funerals more entertaining than this.

    2
    comments 0
    Reply
  • View all posts
    Recent Reviews

    Your rating:

  • Dec 17, 2024
    Enjoyment: Quality: Characters: Plot:

    0
    comments 0
    Reply
  • honeychurch
    Nov 08, 2024
    Enjoyment: Quality: Characters: Plot:

    0
    comments 0
    Reply
  • anneke
    Aug 13, 2024
    Enjoyment: Quality: Characters: Plot:

    0
    comments 0
    Reply
  • View all reviews
    Community recs if you liked this book...