When We Were Orphans

When We Were Orphans by Kazuo Ishiguro


My rating: 3 of 5 stars
I found When We Were Orphans to be a bit choppy. The tone was intentionally affected and over-sentimental. While I suppose I understand what Kazuo Ishiguro was trying to do, I thought it was a little over the top and somewhat distracting. The story itself was not bad and I did enjoy the scenes where the narrator recalled moments from his childhood. Maybe the narration would have been more effective if Ishiguro had more successfully differentiated the tone in the nostalgic reflection passages from that in passages relating the current story.

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