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This is a hard one. It was a well timed read. It fitted with a Toppler task just after Ishiguro won the Nobel Prize for Lit. I really enjoyed Never Let Me Go. I was actually a bit shocked to find this book was actually set mostly in Japan.
It tells the story of one summer, in Nagasaki a few years after the bomb, of a friendship between Etsuko and Sachiko. And flicks between this summer of friendship and Etsuko in the 80s in England.
I had issues with the book. One, I never need a friendship in my ...more
It tells the story of one summer, in Nagasaki a few years after the bomb, of a friendship between Etsuko and Sachiko. And flicks between this summer of friendship and Etsuko in the 80s in England.
I had issues with the book. One, I never need a friendship in my ...more
Mar 18, 2025
Preethi
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This story was a bit disconcerting and I had to go through other reviews to make sense of what I took away from the book.
3.5 still mulling it over in my head
What a strange little book!
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What a strange little book!
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Jul 02, 2012
Dee
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Hend
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Dec 08, 2013
My Book Strings
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Nov 30, 2014
RinTinTin
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Mar 02, 2017
Crina Toth
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Feb 02, 2018
Irene
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Feb 25, 2018
Bonnie
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Nov 08, 2019
Quimby
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May 12, 2020
cat news
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Jun 25, 2021
Vanessa van den Boogaard
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