Reviews

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

danielka__'s review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.75

magicmoments's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

reneeissance's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

beyond the existentialist themes here, i really loved how anti-capitalist this book is - and how devastating being under this system is for its characters 

i cried so much 😭 

cubinder's review against another edition

When does the story start?

clarahd's review against another edition

reflective sad

4.0

En science-fiction bog der ikke har det største fokus på science-fiction delen. Handler om kloner og om deres liv, men også meget om bare det at vokse op hvilke adder til ens refleksioner om dem. Kinda engelsklærer bog hihi Meget readable ikke særligt svært sprog

shahla_fazul's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

gisellefranco's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

I think the writing in this book is decent, which is the only reason I'm giving it 3 stars. I had high expectations, and I felt a bit disappointed by this book. The pacing of the book was a bit slow for me. I found it hard to care about the characters because they were so boring, and the author barely gave enough about the mystery throughout the book for me to really care about where it was going. I felt like this book was trying to do a lot, but in the end didn't really have much to say.

melhhan's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• 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? No

4.5

arwenraeburn's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.25

vegdogmom's review against another edition

2.0

Good god, I hated this.

This may be partially due to expectations - I *thought* this was a semi culty sci fi situation. Instead it is a BARELY dystopic literary fiction book with characters that are about as interesting as soggy cardboard.

I've seen folks say "if you don't like this book, you don't like deep character studies" - why would I want a character study of some of the most boring unlikable characters possible? Characters so blandly stupid they can't see what's happening in the world around them, even when they are out in the world?

I will say, Ishiguro's prose is entirely fine, which is probably the only reason I was able to finish this and I'm not giving it a one star. The school where we start the story is well depicted and sets a well rounded atmosphere for the backdrop. Unfortunately that is the only part of this book I can really give any real praise to, and as soon as they leave the school it all just sort of falls apart.

If you love this book, I am so happy for you. But I simply do not understand the hype.