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I first read this book in 2011, and then reread it in 2021. I still enjoyed it. Here’s what I wrote about it in 2011:
I thought I wanted to see the movie before I wrote about this book, but then I changed my mind. This is perfect and pure.
In my mind, there is no way this book could be improved on by any editorial hand, any vast reach of creative impulse, a change in pace or improved character development. This book is so strange and uncomfortable, so unbelievably human and also unbelievably inh ...more
I thought I wanted to see the movie before I wrote about this book, but then I changed my mind. This is perfect and pure.
In my mind, there is no way this book could be improved on by any editorial hand, any vast reach of creative impulse, a change in pace or improved character development. This book is so strange and uncomfortable, so unbelievably human and also unbelievably inh ...more
There’s been a lot written and said about this story but the biggest thought I have is that Ishiguro is quite deft at creating a world that feels real, with its lingo and routines, real enough that when he inserts small comments from the narrator that indicate a slightly skewed reality, you start to realize how truly odd it is. And I wonder if I lived in this world in the novel, would I buck tradition and make a run for it, or would I do what these characters do—accept their world, with its trad
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For some reason this book did not really enthrall me the way I thought it would based on the premise of the book and the hype I had heard about the story. I kept reading waiting for it to get better and for it to pick up it's pace and emotion, but it fell flat for me. It had such potential to be a riveting commentary on society and what makes a person a soul and so many other deep and sensitive topics, yet I feel like the author never really reached into the reader's own soul enough to make this
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I really wanted to give this four stars. It is a very different story line, which I enjoyed. However, when things were revealed, it wasn't a shock. It didn't make me gasp out loud. They just rolled in slowly, like waves, and so I didn't feel as invested in the characters as much as I feel I could have been.
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Wow. Okay I wasn't sure what to think about this one but wow. I think it is the way that everything appears so ordinary and yet there is this other layer that gets to me.
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May 04, 2018
Dana
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I'm a fan of dystopian literature, and the great thing about this one is that it reads like a typical British boarding school coming-of-age drama, with the very subtle glimpse at the ethical dangers that come with scientific advancement in the background. The problem is that much of the time it read like "my best friend Ruth was a b---h, but I put up with her all these years anyway." I got tired of how much I disliked one of the three main characters. The first person narrator repeatedly discuss
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I really wanted to read this book. I thought it would be great. Instead, a stumbled through a very slow-moving, plotless story. It was not dystopian enough for me to even understand that it was supposed to be science fiction. Questions were left unanswered. For example, what are the students even donating and who is receiving the donations? Even the wrap up left me unsatisfied. I'm scared to even watch the movie because I don't see how this book would be interesting to watch. All in all...boring
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I've been wanting to read this book for so long because it keeps appearing on "best dystopian lists" - which happens to be one of my favorite genres. So, I finally got around to picking it up. Totally not what I expected. Its definitely dystopian, but you don't know why until the end. I kept reading because I was like, "WHY IS IT DYSTOPIAN!?!" It reads more as a literary fiction book - very flowy. Overall, I liked it though. And I'd read another of Ishiguro's books. (He happened to just win the
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It's so eerie about technology and society. It definitely takes on another nature listening to the British accented narrator. Very harrowing
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Jan 08, 2011
Jennifer Reierson
marked it as to-read
Apr 17, 2011
Jen (NerdifiedJen)
marked it as to-read
May 14, 2016
Kaitlyn
marked it as dnf
Jun 24, 2016
Brenna
marked it as to-read
Jun 26, 2016
Jenny
marked it as to-read
Apr 28, 2017
Elissa
marked it as to-read
