A review by mansikwatra
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

4.0

I first discovered this story as a movie trailer while aimlessly watching anything and everything on YouTube on a sleepy Saturday night. Deciding to read the book first, I bought a paperback (sadly, it was the movie tie-in edition) after ages and ages of putting it on hold. The first thing you acknowledge after reading some fifty pages is the fact that this book has been wrongly promoted as a science fiction novel. Though it contains certain elements of sci-fi, the story is majorly a tale of emotional whirlpools, which builds up as a song of a morning bird, taking so much from the readers and leaving them heartbroken at the end. I rate it 4/5 because it is a brilliant book with exceptional writing from Kazuo Ishiguro. I might have given it a five but I held it back for the lack of one thing in the book - a happy ending. But again, all good stories can't be a walk on a rainbow ending in a pot of gold. The story is going to stay with me for a long time. I will remember Kathy (the narrator and one of the protagonist)at times of complete loss. I will remember Tommy when rebellion will seem better than denial. And I will remember Ruth when a friend will become the saviour of my drowning desires.
So, go ahead read it while I go buy another one of the author's book - "The remains of the day". It will break your heart in the most beautiful way.
P.S. Not recommended for those with dislike of stories that take up a lot of time to build up.