Kadomi reviewed Bie rang wo zou by Kazuo Ishiguro
Review of 'Bie rang wo zou' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
Not exactly the sort of book that I enjoy reading. I don't quite remember how it ended up on my shelf, but there you are. Theoretically, I added it to my to-read shelf because it's dystopian, but that part is so buried in the book, it's tough to find.
Told from first person view, our narrator Kathy tells us the story of growing up at Hailsham, which sounds like a public school somewhere in England. There she grows up with her friends Ruth and Tommy, a set-up of the classic YA love triangle. There are hints of Hailsham having a select circle of students, and guardians dropping hints at the future of the students, but it's not until the last 15% that the reveal happens where dystopia comes in.
It basically read like a sappy school story romanticizing those school years. I didn't understand at any point why Kathy was …
Not exactly the sort of book that I enjoy reading. I don't quite remember how it ended up on my shelf, but there you are. Theoretically, I added it to my to-read shelf because it's dystopian, but that part is so buried in the book, it's tough to find.
Told from first person view, our narrator Kathy tells us the story of growing up at Hailsham, which sounds like a public school somewhere in England. There she grows up with her friends Ruth and Tommy, a set-up of the classic YA love triangle. There are hints of Hailsham having a select circle of students, and guardians dropping hints at the future of the students, but it's not until the last 15% that the reveal happens where dystopia comes in.
It basically read like a sappy school story romanticizing those school years. I didn't understand at any point why Kathy was friends with Ruth. I pretty much was bored throughout.
Why 2.5 stars at all? It wasn't badly written, and so despite the boredom, I kept reading.
Now on to something more exciting, I hope.
