Review: The Buried Giant

Pin It The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

The Buried Giant is a book which seems to elicit a response of dreadfully confused boredom or cultish worship from its readers. Kazuo Ishiguro has a very devout following that often proclaims him a literary master and anyone who doesn't enjoy his novels simply not on an intellectual level sufficient to appreciate his genius.

I'll admit that I may be one of these ignoramuses because I struggle to understand what the heck he is getting at. I didn't even remotely enjoy Never Let Me Go and I often felt as though I was missing something while reading The Buried Giant. Perhaps there is some mysterious intent that Ishiguro has woven into the story of Axl and Beatrice's journey across the countryside. If so, it will forever remain a mystery to me.

The writing was not at all bad. It was the story that choked. The flow of it felt somewhat like a fable or allegorical tale.... but it was as boring as all get-out. I wanted so badly for there to be an uplifting (or heck, even sad) lesson in all of this but the story fell terribly flat. I wish I would have given up the first time it crossed my mind.

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