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After finishing “The Master and Margarita”, I started reading earlier this week “The Remains of the Day” by Kazuo Ishiguro. I wanted to start with Ishiguro a few months ago and I was kind of undecided between this and “Never Let Me Go”, which I nominated for the next bookclub.
I'm currently on page 70 and so far I'm enjoying it. The main character is an old Butler who's kind of of a sperg. His new american boss gives him a few days off and he goes on a roadtrip through the English countryside to visit the old Housekeeper who left the Manor 20 years before while revisiting his memories from the time she worked there.
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I read Hello America by J.G. Ballard. It was absolutely not meant for me, the whole book was just
American pop culture (and culture) of the past 
. I know barely anything about US.
As for the rest. Most characters felt flat. Main character was borderline r-slurred with his delusions of becoming the president, in a world where US is a wasteland ruled by tribals. World building was mostly nonsensical and felt extremely artificial, with author having a "cool" idea and implementing it with no consideration.
The only thing I liked was the villain getting killed by a bunch of robots blasting him relentlessly, he was annoying and ugly, so he got what he deserved at least.
Edit: lol, the slur filter did a number on the books title.
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