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Actual Rating: 3.5
A coming of age story following Kathy from her childhood at Halisham, a seemingly idyllic English boarding school, to adulthood. Along the way Kathy and her friends, Ruth and Tommy, unravel the mystery of who they are and what the future holds for them.
I was underwhelmed by this one. I did read through it in three days, reading the last 150 pages all in one go, but I was waiting for a twist that never came. The premise and plot were thought provoking, and the characters were in ...more
A coming of age story following Kathy from her childhood at Halisham, a seemingly idyllic English boarding school, to adulthood. Along the way Kathy and her friends, Ruth and Tommy, unravel the mystery of who they are and what the future holds for them.
I was underwhelmed by this one. I did read through it in three days, reading the last 150 pages all in one go, but I was waiting for a twist that never came. The premise and plot were thought provoking, and the characters were in ...more
So, I am a bit torn about this book. The premise is really great, about a mysterious school where a bunch of kids (aka clones) are studying and preparing themselves for the inevitable fate in their future: becoming donors for "real people". But the narration is soooo slow, the same problem I always faced when reading British books. It's dark and gloomy, sadly it lacks of that longing feeling I hoped to find when reading it.
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The way the story unravels is very interesting, you don't really learn what's going on in the world of the book - set mostly at an exclusive boarding school - until pretty far in. I think that is to its advantage. In a way, you find out what the deal is as the characters work it out, and as they work through their own relationships with one another. This is the true focus of the novel - the ties between Kath, Tommy, and Ruth as teens and then when they all meet again several years later.
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This book is absolutely heart breaking and so subtly written. Characters rarely discuss their feelings up front and that's how the book progresses. There is obviously something different about the students of Hailsham but no one ever says what it is. Yet throughout the book the secrets between the characters and about who they are slowly unravel. To divulge anything would do the book a disservice. All I can say is that it's definitely worth a read and much of the last quarter of this book moved
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I have read so many reviews wherein people raved and loved this book.
My review: Meh.
My review: Meh.
Aug 15, 2009
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