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A review by blazeofredfiree
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
5.0
I wasn't convinced at first- I couldn't really connect to the characters that well and the reason behind all of the talk about sex completely flew over my head (I still don't get it, but I'm content to ignore it)- but this book now holds the dubious honour of being one of the only books that has made me cry :)
The way it was written was very clever, we were told-and-not-told just like the students at Hailsham. The story was very sad, but actually somewhat realistic- just look at the way we treat animals in society (not that I'm saying mass cloning people in order to harvest their organs is exactly the same as that, but it isn't a huge leap. Most people just try to avoid thinking about it).
As someone who isn't used to slow-paced, philosophical books this was a bit of a slog to get through in places but it was well worth it.
The way it was written was very clever, we were told-and-not-told just like the students at Hailsham. The story was very sad, but actually somewhat realistic- just look at the way we treat animals in society (not that I'm saying mass cloning people in order to harvest their organs is exactly the same as that, but it isn't a huge leap. Most people just try to avoid thinking about it).
As someone who isn't used to slow-paced, philosophical books this was a bit of a slog to get through in places but it was well worth it.