An amazing book. So subtle and well written, no wonder it received Booker prize in UK. Sad and occasionally funny as life itself. Seemingly not much "action", rather a constant overwhelming understatement. A true masterpiece.
December 2010: I don't know what it is about this book. Frankly, it's a little weird that I love it so much. I'm not British. I'm not a Butler. I've never even known a Butler. I'm also young and highly emotional and have no interest in spending my life waiting on other people. Mr. Stevens is none of...
Beautiful, subtle, dignified.An aging butler reflects on his profession and on his life. There is no real action in this book, however I was moved by his unreliable memories (which made the account feel all the more realistic) and his analysis of his life. A very poignant story.
Loved both the movie and the book. It's one of those books where you just want to scream at the characters just to tell each other how they really feel and to stop wasting so much time. Very frustrating but wonderful.
Oddly, I reversed my usual order and watched the movie before reading the book. As is customary, I expected the book to provide a lot more historical detail than was in the (excellent) movie. It really didn't. While I very much liked the book, it was one of those rare instances where the movie, with...
The book is written from the point of view of an English Butler. It is written in his contemplation of events in his life. Darlington Hall, where has served the family for many years, was sold to an American. He stayed on to serve however he came to realise that the number of staff is insufficient.A...
An elderly English butler, having received the suggestion that he borrow his new employer's car and 'get out and see the country', decides to go visit a former housekeeper, who worked with him. The reader is initially unsure of their relationship, but a romantic interest is implied (although denied ...
Perhaps it helped that I had an unashamedly Anglophile context in which to enjoy this book, but really, I would recommend it to anyone in search of an excellent, heartbreaking tale. The writing is just superlative: it is restrained yet absolutely evocative. Just as The Thorn Birds' Father Ralph lear...
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