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A review by goblinhearted
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
2.0
Despite my love of dystopian fiction, this book fell completely flat for me. I was completely disappointed by how simply boring this was. It pains me just to recover the plot in my memory so I can write about it here.
I love character-driven novels. I have been known to enjoy books that are slow paced and where “nothing really happens”. I don’t require characters to be ‘likeable’. Despite all of this, I just did not enjoy this book.
Part of it was definitely the narration style. I did not enjoy Kathy’s voice or her tendency of explaining things. I felt tired listening to her recount experiences from her youth. In retrospect, I’m fairly confident that it’s not even the premise/concept that felt off to me. It was simply Kathy. I can do unlikeable characters, even unlikeable protagonists, but being locked into first person with such a dry, rambling perspective felt like jail.
Initially I rated this with 3 stars but I actually demoted it to 2 because I disliked it that much.
I love character-driven novels. I have been known to enjoy books that are slow paced and where “nothing really happens”. I don’t require characters to be ‘likeable’. Despite all of this, I just did not enjoy this book.
Part of it was definitely the narration style. I did not enjoy Kathy’s voice or her tendency of explaining things. I felt tired listening to her recount experiences from her youth. In retrospect, I’m fairly confident that it’s not even the premise/concept that felt off to me. It was simply Kathy. I can do unlikeable characters, even unlikeable protagonists, but being locked into first person with such a dry, rambling perspective felt like jail.
Initially I rated this with 3 stars but I actually demoted it to 2 because I disliked it that much.