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Never Let Me Go

Kazuo Ishiguro

Start date: May 1, 2014

Finish date: May 31, 2014

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Dec 12, 2017 Karen rated it really liked it

Shelves: 1001

Years ago I read The Remains of the Day, and I was sure that I would enjoy anything Ishiguro had written, but for some reason I hadn't gotten around to it, until now. What I love about Ishiguro is his subtle way of moving a story along. I don't want to say much about the story, because I think it should be read without knowing anything about it. A very good story. ...more

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May 14, 2010 Sunflower rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction-read-2010, e-books

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Oct 12, 2011 Kat rated it did not like it

Shelves: couldn-t-finish-i-tried-really

Honestly very slow and got abt 120 pages into it and was not interested. I then saw that it was made into a movie and watched that and couldn't say it was much better than the book. Long boring but I figured since I committed to NOT finishing the book, I might as well give the film a chance.

1 star b/c I can't give it zero... it'll look like I didn't rate it. ...more

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Oct 15, 2010 Rebekah rated it liked it

Shelves: 1001-import, genre-fantasy, genre-book-club, genre-contemporary, genre-literature, genre-novels, genre-science-fiction, genre-adult, genre-literary-fiction, genre-science-fiction-fantasy

I read through this book fairly quickly, but was never able to get fully involved or invested in the characters or the story. It kept feeling like a big bombshell was about to drop, and when it did, it was not very exciting, because it was pretty obvious from the beginning what was going on. I think I would've preferred a book about the complicated relationships and dynamics occurring at a British boarding school over the overwrought "science fiction" twist of this story. ...more

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