Once, when I picked up a book from the local library, the librarian asked to tell her what I thought about the book when I would bring it back. Well, why not write a few lines about all the books I read so everybody could see what I thought about it? I'm often also happy to have friends recommend a certain book or tell me this and that is not really worth reading. I won't comment about the tons of books I have read so far, but about books I read from now on.
| highly recommended | sehr empfohlen | |
| good reading | gutes lesematerial | |
| average | durchschnittlich | |
| not too interesting | nicht allzu interessant | |
| recommended not to read it | empfehlung das buch nicht zu lesen |
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| title | When We Were Orphans |
| author | Kazuo Ishiguro |
| ISBN-10 | 0-571-20516-X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-571-20516-5 |
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| date | 2008-Feb-24 |
Christopher Banks is a detective in London of the 1930-ies. He has come to England from Shanghai when he was a young boy.
After having read close to half the book, I still don't have much more information on what is supposed to be going on. Ishiguro lets his main character, Christopher, reflect in his memories but does not make apparent what the story is all about. One guesses that at some point, Christopher might travel to Shanghai again and try to find out what did happen to his parents. The writing style is very descriptive without saying much. After page 138 I finally gave up hoping to find something which might make it worth to go on reading.
