SOLVED. Science Fiction dystopia, told from woman's point of view looking back at her childhood. Lived at a private school in England [s]

[Tess]

The story is told from the woman's point of view as she looks back on her childhood in England, at a weird boarding school. She thinks about her friends and the things they did there, focusing a lot on their artwork and how they were the last school of that kind. You get the feeling that one of these friends just died. I know I read this in the last 4 years but just cannot remember the title, and some how missed adding it to my GR books... Thanks for the help!!!




SPOILER>>>>>

Turns out she was part of a (continuing) project of cloned people created for "spare parts" and a lot of the school and the art etc was people against using clones trying to show that they actually had souls and could love etc.

[Andy]

It's "Never let me Go", I think
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Never_Le...

[Dawn]

Yep, it is

[Tess]

Thank you! That is definitely it!

[Nadine]

Yep, I would have known that too! ;-) But you beat me to it. So few times I actually know any helping answers here!

[Tess]

Thanks Nadine! I know! The one that usually comes up is actually 'The Giver' for me - people post about it, I'm like "OH oh! I know it!" and then a dozen people have already ID'd it in the first ten minutes before me :) But every little bit helps.

[Nadine]

Well to be honest I don't mind too much being beaten as it means someone else already helped and I get a nerdy little kick out of knowing someone looking for a book got the right tip. "never let me go" is a great book by the way, didn't like the movie though...

[Tess]

oh I didn't even realize there was a movie. I think so much was internal thoughts that a movie would be hard to do.

[Nadine]

Keira Knightley is in it, she plays that friend of the protagonist. (Ruth?)
To me the atmosphere of the movie was all wrong, too heavy and designed, they seemed to put all their attention on that but forgetting the story. I enjoyed the light moments in the book but an underlaying threat, danger, or just something seriously wrong but mixed with normal moments and emotions.

[Tess]

yeah. that mixed feeling was the interesting part of the book, you didn't really know what was going on but there was just something not right.