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Never Let Me Go

Kazuo Ishiguro

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Nov 30, 2017 Kelly_Hunsaker_reads ... rated it really liked it

Shelves: 1001-books, catch-up-club

Kazuo Ishiguro has a wonderful mastery on language and uses it with a quiet subtlety. I watched a short video of him discussing this book and what he spoke about is exactly why I loved the book. He put these young characters in a terrible situation, reminiscent of the story in Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale. But we didn't see escape attempts, or horrible abuses. He spoke of the idea that the characters are passive and that he wanted to explore passivity in human nature. I am so glad he did as I th ...more

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Mar 02, 2019 Julie rated it liked it

Shelves: fin-2019, 2000s-fiction

Beautifully, achingly written. The matter of fact manner the "donor" system is referred to makes it extra creepy. However, the vagueness, which is intriguing at first, eventually becomes tiresome and dull. In fact, for all the luridness of the premise, the plot is surprisingly flat. I guess I like my storylines more vivid and punchy. ...more

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Jun 11, 2014 Mary rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: sci-fi, source-local-library

GOOD GRIEF, Ishiguro. Give me horrible-crawling-polite nightmares, why don't you.

ARGH.

Yes, it's brilliant; no, it's not fast-moving; read if you like being gradually horrified like a boiling frog. ...more

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