A review by jackjpaton
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

5.0

I pulled this book out from my library on a whim after hearing mention of the author, Kazuo Ishiguro. What a good decision that was. It’s taken me less than 48 hours to get through its 263 pages, and I can safely say I wasn’t totally sure what was going on for about 230 of them. Ishiguro has this fantastic way of slowly revealing elements of the plot to you through the narrator’s almost conversational tone. Generally I enjoyed this and found it engaging, the only occasionally jarring part being that sometimes Ishiguro sets up his next paragraph with lines such as “but now I’ll tell you about xyz”. Pinpointing the deeper meaning and moral of “Never Let Me Go” will take some time and thought, I’m sure, as well as what exactly has captured me so much. It’s far from my usual cup of tea, yet this particular story, with its endless narrative gaps and layer upon layer of uncertainty, gripped me. Give it a read.