Reviews

Não Me Abandone Jamais by Kazuo Ishiguro

shastrae's review against another edition

1.0

It messed with my head so badly, made me want to scream and cry and rip my heart out of my chest. It was an horrible story and so unfair and why, why, why would someone write something like that?

Ruth was horrible, the other friendships were non existent apart from Laura who suddenly gets a personality for a page or two. Also I have absolutely no idea who Kathy really is, everything felt so disjointed and superficial. It felt as if she had absolutely no spine and just thought about herself and how to get the most out of each situation.

The whole plot/mystery being explained at the end frustrated me so much. There were some major wholes in the whole book concerning the society and how it works and even during the big reveal they weren't addressed. I get the whole "you are kept in the dark, just like Kathy was" but frankly it sucked.

I really don't get it, why write a book so painful and not give a single way to cope? I don't know if i read it wrong, but i couldn't find a single silver lining. The characters are just doomed from the start and desperate for these few years to mean something, to matter.

ellieb303's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

olivia_b2509's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

thaell's review against another edition

emotional reflective

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

mansikwatra's review against another edition

4.0

I first discovered this story as a movie trailer while aimlessly watching anything and everything on YouTube on a sleepy Saturday night. Deciding to read the book first, I bought a paperback (sadly, it was the movie tie-in edition) after ages and ages of putting it on hold. The first thing you acknowledge after reading some fifty pages is the fact that this book has been wrongly promoted as a science fiction novel. Though it contains certain elements of sci-fi, the story is majorly a tale of emotional whirlpools, which builds up as a song of a morning bird, taking so much from the readers and leaving them heartbroken at the end. I rate it 4/5 because it is a brilliant book with exceptional writing from Kazuo Ishiguro. I might have given it a five but I held it back for the lack of one thing in the book - a happy ending. But again, all good stories can't be a walk on a rainbow ending in a pot of gold. The story is going to stay with me for a long time. I will remember Kathy (the narrator and one of the protagonist)at times of complete loss. I will remember Tommy when rebellion will seem better than denial. And I will remember Ruth when a friend will become the saviour of my drowning desires.
So, go ahead read it while I go buy another one of the author's book - "The remains of the day". It will break your heart in the most beautiful way.
P.S. Not recommended for those with dislike of stories that take up a lot of time to build up.

courtneyptum's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

radiantdaydreams's review against another edition

5.0

I enjoyed reading this book about Kath, a old Hailsham student who works as a carer in a society where people like her are cloned in order to become organ donors.
Thanks Ms Khine for recommending this book!

shubbard116's review against another edition

2.0

That was weird.
And I’m not talking about the plot. The whole “Brave New World” concept was fine and interesting.
But how it was carried out was weird.
Why was 60% of the book about sex? There are other ways to show humans have souls, other than showing how much they love sex.
No thanks.

andotherworlds's review against another edition

4.0

4.5 - 5 // this was everything i wanted - the melancholy, the nostalgia, the looming sense of an almost cosmic helplessness - thank you mr. ishiguro

nightmarekitty13's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0