The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
I listened to the audiobook version of this book. This was a decent enough book to keep me company over a few walks and commutes from Stillorgan to Dalkey. I’m not 100% sure where I fall on the line of “Ishiguro hates fantasy” vs. “Ishiguro does the genre justice,” but, as a fantasy, it certainly pushed me up to my limits with what I can stomach, from a fantasy point of view.
I could have done without Axl referring to his wife as Princess as many times as he did, but there are passages where Ishiguro shows off how well he can write that would make me want to pick up something else of his, even though I didn’t necessarily love this one.