A review by dovewrites
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced
  • 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? It's complicated

5.0

 I remember reading a piece of writing advice recently, about how so many authors get tragedy and trauma wrong. That many stories seem to display trauma just for shock. This book executed tragedy in the most profound and beautiful way. As the advice I read stated, Ishiguro managed to do sadness with the audience, not to the audience.
the catharsis of this story is that these three people who were not considered people by the world they lived in mattered, their love mattered.
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