2020: BLAH. I absolutely slogged through this book. What a mess.

I really had no idea what this book was going to be about; I was excited for it simply based off how much I enjoyed Never Let Me Go. Fair warning: this book is completely different, and overall, I would not recommend it. Certainly don't let this be your first taste of Ishiguro.

The story follows an elderly couple who are living in King Arthur times. Neither of them are given ANY personality whatsoever, and the town where they live has been besieged by a curse of forgetfulness. You know what's really boring to read about? Characters who can't remember anything, and repeat the same things over and over. TEDIUM.

I honestly don't really even know what happened in this book. Perhaps if I had been better acquainted with the Knights of the Round Table, I could have followed Sir Gawain's Reveries (of which there are two, first person monologue narrations randomly thrown in). The timeline of the story bounced all around, and by the end, I wasn't sure who was narrating and what was actually happening. A very disappointing ending to a rambling mess of a novel.

I had picked this book up to read because my current non-fiction is too heavy (literally and figuratively) to read at night before bed, and it turns out that this book was the actual perfect thing to put me to sleep. Honestly, would not recommend. Bummer.

ALSO IT DOESN'T PASS THE BECHDEL TEST UGHHH