This book came recommended and, as I currently have plenty of reading time, I thought I would try something a little different. I read it in a day, but I must admit I pretty much skimmed the second half. I enjoyed the adventure/fantasy side of the story as I love Arthurian legends and I enjoyed the more thoughtful side too. Kazuo Ishiguro has a wonderful way with words but I became frustrated as the book couldn’t seem to decide what it wanted to be...wanting to hear more about the adventure I found the more thoughtful passages about memory and loss getting in the way but once I became absorbed in the discussion of the bad/good sides if forgetting memories I became frustrated when the adventure intruded once more. I did find the circular conversation of the old couple interesting at the beginning but they quickly annoyed me as they became repetitive and didn’t really add anything more to the story.