Never Let Me Go in Overdue Podcast

Oct 16, 2012 Jason rated it liked it

Shelves: own

Three friends through three stages of their lives, all told from our narrator, Kathy's, perspective. The friends are 'special' and the story of how they are special and to what purpose, as well as, the route to their own self-knowledge of these things is told predominantly via Kathy's memories starting from the age of thirteen moving forward. A very personal and emotional telling - Ishiguro's strength.

Ishiguro is a master of intimacy, mostly the intimacy within one's self. This book has the tin ...more

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Feb 09, 2019 Valerie Brett rated it really liked it

Couldn’t decide between 3 & 4 stars but I like Ishiguro’s writing so I chose 4. Overall the amount of ideas/themes/questions he’s able to explore & provoke in a not-lengthy book is impressive & I could talk about this book for a long time. And, the memory narration was just like An Artist of the Floating World, but the first person narrators were clearly such different people; I think he deserves a lot of credit for that. There are some downsides, the main one that despite being touted as a “sus ...more

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Oct 12, 2012 Amber rated it really liked it

This book is most interesting if you don't spoil it for yourself before reading it because it has an impact that I believe is necessary for the author's purpose. The reader finds out "the secret" of Hailsham along with the main characters of the book, causing the final unveiling to be dramatic and devastating for both groups.

Ishiguro makes interesting speculations on possible futures and the idea of humanizing dehumanizing procedures. However, his ideas on romantic love and ethical boundaries a ...more

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Sep 12, 2016 Camille24 (camilleisreading) rated it it was amazing

Shelves: audiobooks-audible-librofm

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Nov 02, 2017 Kate rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, library, 2017

This book made me cry. Kath’s curiosity, Ruth’s anger, Tommy’s confusion. All that hope and (en)forced innocence and then acceptance? Because there is nothing else? Not for them or anyone they’ve known? I’m going to cry again.

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