prosemoor 's review for:

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

4.5

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Never Let Me Go is one of those stories that looks calm on the surface but quietly builds up to hit you hard at the end. Kathy, Tommy, and Ruth grow up in Hailsham; a neat, almost loving boarding school. But little by little, the truth comes out, they’re clones, created only to donate their organs until their bodies give out. Their whole lives have been decided from birth, and the most heartbreaking part is… they never really fight it. The system has convinced them this is their fate, so they just go through life, trying to find small pieces of happiness before it’s all over. What sticks with you is the quiet kind of sadness it leaves behind. Ruth with all her regrets, Tommy with his anger that never truly bursts, and Kathy, forced to face loss after loss. It’s not the kind of sadness that screams, it’s cold, heavy, and seeps into you, like a truth you know you can’t change. Never Let Me Go isn’t just about love or friendship, it’s a haunting portrait of how a system can strip away someone’s humanity, and how people still try to find meaning in life even when every path is already closed.