A review by firistars
An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro

2.0

I didn't enjoy this one. While there were parts that were interesting, the majority of the book was very vague and came across like the ramblings of an old man. The narrator was very unreliable and sexist and condescending. The jumps from year to year were super confusing as it would transition between sentences (despite the sections of the books being particular points in the narrator's life). It was also super confusing. I don't understand what happened at many points nor to certain characters. The narrator spent the whole book talking about how important he was to Japan's history and his recollections reflect this narrative, yet every other character tells him he's irrelevant so I have no clue what the truth of the matter is. Also, everyone was super passive aggressive. Definitely not what I was expecting and all around disappointing. 2 Stars