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Never Let Me Go

Kazuo Ishiguro

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Feb 18, 2018 Susan rated it liked it

Shelves: la, 2018-reads

This is a well-written story that is difficult to place in a category. The main characters are Kath, Ruth and Tommy who were students together at an exclusive school, Hailsham. The story is told primarily through the thoughts and feelings of Kath, and the reason that these children were at Hailsham is revealed very slowly. This is a little bit of sci-fi and a little bit of coming of age. At times, I sped through the story and at other times, I felt it was repetitive. It was frustrating that Kath ...more

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Apr 20, 2016 Heather rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: read-2016, pageturners

I saw the movie adaptation of this book several years ago, so I already knew the ultimate end that the Hailsham students were facing. I think that if this bit had still been a mystery I might have liked it a little more. However, most of what I didn't like was the constant navel-gazing and the tone of Kathy H. "telling it like it was" and how she knew exactly what all of the nonverbal communication meant between her, Ruth and Tommy, and everything that was understood without being said. (Maybe I ...more

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Mar 11, 2018 Amy rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

This is a story of friendship, love, and loss, and (more importantly) what it means to be human.

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Jun 12, 2025 Erika rated it liked it

This was fine, but I went in knowing the basic premise and I think that was a mistake.

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Jul 06, 2015 Colin Gooding rated it really liked it

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Sep 05, 2019 Jillypenny rated it really liked it

This was an unsettling and unusual book. Kids are raised from birth for a specific thing. It is a look at adolescent and adult relationships in a weird time and place.

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