/lit/ - Literature

Probably the most midwit book I ever read. Understood by page 3 or 4 where the story was headed. Predictable themes, it's nowhere near as deep or clever as it thinks it is, and the foreshadowing was about as subtle as a brick to the head.
If this guy is seriously the best that modern literature has to offer, then the medium is dead.

Never hear this praised. Happened upon it and is one of the best POV books I've read. The clarity of tone of voice and subtle doubt of the narrator's recollections is absolutely perfect

It was incredibly sad, but I think that was only because it was based in a kind of goodness and innocence I would like to believe exists, somewhere, in the world still.

>Stevens' loyalty to his master, even in the face of the facts and of the derision of those around him
>His adherence to the rules and procedures of a dying way of life, even with the realization of what was happening
>The possible love he could have had with Ms. Kenton - heartbreaking, but both characters were full of a kind of love they seemed scared of, in an innocent way
>The good, humble people of the town

There's more, but I think those things struck me the most.