Title: I am unconsoled with this book!
Product review: I read 300 pages of Ishiguro's "Unconsoled" and had to give up. The novel is set up like a dream or nightmare, depending on your point of view. Me I just wanted to wake-up! The dream state that Ishiguro had his main character Ryder in becomes a vehicle for any indulgence or mistake by the author. Kafka summed up the absurd in quite fewer pages and much better in The Trial. Kafka keeps your heart beating with K.'s breathless anxiety. The Unconsoled is a page turner, but dead-pan, emotionless, and lifeless. No doubt Ishiguro intended this since he is working with the dream state. I kind of felt like a zombie turning the pages after awhile. For me it had me wondering why I was making the trip and spending the time to read it, not a good sign. The only person unconsoled at the end of this novel is the reader. That being said, Ishiguro's "The Artist of the Floating World" was very good.
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