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Never Let Me Go

Kazuo Ishiguro

Start date: February 1, 2025

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Feb 19, 2015 Winter rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: 2021-read, absolute-all-time-favorites, 2015-read, 1001-books-you-must-read-before-you, 2017-read

5 Stars

This is the type of five star where you wish you had another one to give. It haunts me. I'm not sure I have the right words, but maybe that is a good thing, for you don't want to know too much about this book before reading it. All you need to know is that you need to read it...

Thoughts on re-read:

Heart torn to pieces and tears rolling, I wonder again why I do this to myself. It sneaks up on you and it isn’t until the last pages you understand there is no way back. You have to finish it, ...more

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Mar 21, 2015 Melanti rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: sci-fi, 2015, e-book, 1001-books

I was resistant to reading this for the longest time.

I hadn't heard of the author before and neither the original cover with a large face and eyes or the blurb really says much about the book, and I ignored it. They both gave me a rather bland impression.

Then, friends started reporting in that they had really liked the book and between what they said in their comments/reviews and the new cover with two people running away, I assumed it was a sci-fi thriller and was even LESS enthusiastic about i ...more

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Jun 04, 2017 Clio rated it it was amazing

Shelves: science-feelies

When Ishiguro is being clear, it's beautiful. Some of his other books are unnecessarily confusing but I think this one is perfect. ...more

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Mar 07, 2025 Erin marked it as did-not-finish · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, science-fiction, audiobook, dystopia, catching-up-on-classics-group, nobel-laureates

It’s not you, it’s me.

I should have read some reviews first as I’d have quickly seen that the story is mostly set in a sort of boarding school. Schools with their cliques and what not has never been anything I relate to or have any interest in (Jane Eyre was an exception because of the vivid specifics and I was already invested in the character). Anyway, I would continue and hope to eventually be interested, but so many many books are calling to me…

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Mar 16, 2021 Nea rated it it was ok

Shelves: unfinished, contemporary-adult, fiction, literary, award-winners, gothic-fiction

I just tried reading this book for the 3rd time and I still can't finish it. It's an uninspiring read at best. I won't try again. ...more

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Apr 12, 2014 Mia rated it really liked it

Interesting science fiction novel...a totally different world and also very familiar. A possible preview of some of the ethical dilemma that could come ahead. Wonderful character development and building of suspense. Very nicely written.

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Jan 22, 2020 Michael Sump rated it it was amazing

Powerful. Heartbreaking. Thought-provoking. I read it as part of a book club and it generated a lot of discussion, both literary and social/political.

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