A review by claudiadcd
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

4.0

While technically scifi, I'd still say this was more reflective, introspective literature, a meditation on childhood perspectives and our choices in a stagnant society, which always feels almost too real for scifi. Scifi stories usually fill us with the hope that things can change, even with dystopian cyberpunks, you are in the seat of people ready to topple the system. This is quieter, softer. I can't say much more without spoiling it. I now understand why the blurb barely tells me the world we're about to step into. It's the slow unveil that pulled me along, and the crafting of the unveiling mystery to take notes on. But it did plod a bit. If not for the beauty of the lines and my husband's insistence that I must read it the instant he finished it, like he needed a partner to share his emotions with. (Can't even say which emotions.) If you're an artist of any sort, if you fill stuck, if you like to reflect on the games we used to play as children, read this book. I'm sure it'll change a few things for you.