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wolfism's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Medical trauma, Medical content, and Death
Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Sexual content, and Infertility
Minor: Homophobia and Toxic friendship
kirareads02's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Really lovely, romantic and hopeful book. At the start I was hooked but couldn't understand reviews as to why it was classed as a dystopian novel so that was interesting for me.
Graphic: Bullying
Moderate: Terminal illness, Death, Grief, Medical content, Infertility, and Sexual content
Minor: War, Classism, Cursing, Cancer, and Confinement
kotahlotah's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.75
Minor: Death, Cancer, Confinement, Infertility, Medical content, Terminal illness, and Trafficking
rzh's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Graphic: Child death, Death, Confinement, and Forced institutionalization
Moderate: Infertility, Medical content, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship
thesapphiccelticbookworm's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Forced institutionalization and Medical content
Moderate: Confinement, Child abuse, and Classism
Minor: Suicide
have_a_doris_day's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Death, Grief, Medical content, Toxic friendship, and Confinement
Moderate: Infertility
Minor: Homophobia
itsheyfay's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Bullying, Toxic friendship, and Confinement
Moderate: Death, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Sexual content
lindseyhall44's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.75
Never Let Me Go follows Kath as past relationships are rekindled, leading her to remember the significant events of Halisham, her old school. Through these memories Kath begins to learn more about the dark truths hidden throughout adolescence, but also truths about herself.
For me, the writing style and formatting are what made the book so unique. Told in 2nd person and non-linearly, readers are only given surface level information until the resolution. Ultimately, this helps cultivate a mysterious mood and makes the payoff more worthwhile.
Still, some elements of the confusion made it difficult for me to follow, which is why I rated it 4.75. The ending was phenomenal and quite a tearjerker, but in a few cases I wasn’t as invested as I would have liked to be.
No shame on the author however, as writing a book is incredible on its own, especially one creative as Never Let Me Go
If you like gradual sad books with character driven elements, this is for you:)
Graphic: Terminal illness, Infertility, Confinement, Medical trauma, Death, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Ableism and Sexual content
greatu's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
4.0
Graphic: Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Medical content, Sexual content, and Terminal illness
temporarilyhuman's review against another edition
2.0
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Medical trauma, Medical content, Murder, Slavery, and Trafficking