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Never Let Me Go

Kazuo Ishiguro

Start date: January 21, 2015

Finish date: January 29, 2015

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May 09, 2012 Astrid Lim rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 1001-books, literature, dystopian, bbi, british

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. ...more

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Nov 07, 2021 Amanda rated it really liked it

Shelves: dystopian, pov-first-person, 4-stars, teacher-reads, ap-literature

Fall 2021 (October);

I'm torn on where to star and what I really think of this one.

This novel was picked (read, and is being taught) as a modern analogous piece in connection to Frankenstein: The 1818 Text this year. It's definitely quite a good choice for that (and it makes a stunningly good spring board for a lot of kids who see the commonalities in The Promised Neverland, Vol. 1, as well).

This novel is winding road, going ever into the fog. It's a memoir being told by Kathy H, who is an unr ...more

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Mar 09, 2011 Jennifer rated it it was amazing

WOW. I sped this one at a record pace because I had to figure out what was going on. Kind of dark, definitely a bit disturbing, but overall pretty incredible.

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