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A review by daisiescaroline
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
I was expecting it to take me a lot longer to get into this book than it did. I loved the ambiguity of the dystopia and how the situation of the world wasn’t infodumped on me but just carefully built up through comments and background information.
It’s left a kind of echoey feeling in my mind about the bluntness of the truth behind the story, which I appreciate. I really enjoyed the non-direct confrontation of the moral issues in it while still having a balanced and well thought out story.
The only thing that I felt brought me out of the book was the characters in a way. I felt they were just a bit predictable in their personalities and I could tell the way their stories were going pretty quickly, but I’m also arguing with myself that maybe that was intentional.
Overall, I really enjoyed this book but there were no cats :(
It’s left a kind of echoey feeling in my mind about the bluntness of the truth behind the story, which I appreciate. I really enjoyed the non-direct confrontation of the moral issues in it while still having a balanced and well thought out story.
The only thing that I felt brought me out of the book was the characters in a way. I felt they were just a bit predictable in their personalities and I could tell the way their stories were going pretty quickly, but I’m also arguing with myself that maybe that was intentional.
Overall, I really enjoyed this book but there were no cats :(