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A review by fayetree
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
3.0
“it’s a shame, kath, because we’ve loved each other our whole lives. but in the end, we can’t stay together forever.” that quote slapped in the face and called me a whore!
but in all seriousness i think that this book could have been sadder than it was! the premise has the potential to be so sad and so dark and it just didn’t go there. it’s like sad, but it didn’t hit me, ya know, i just feel like there could have been more. the way i can explain it is it’s like if i were watching someone else grieve. i know what they’re experiencing is sad, but i’m not experiencing it myself so i can’t feel the whole scope of it. that’s what this book felt like— i KNEW it was sad but i couldn’t FEEL the sadness, i couldn’t fully connect to it. it felt empty.
i think maybe it’s the fact that they’re all so resigned to their fates, which in a way does make it sadder because they don’t see a way out, so why fight it? but on the other hand it just makes it so that you can’t truly tell how they feel about their lives, about how they have no control over them or their bodies. and i wish we got more of them discussing how truly heartbreaking it is that they never got to live a normal life because of the fact that they’re not seen as real people.
there were some really great moments and i loved tommy (especially tommy, my love) and kathy, their moments together clearly being the shining stars of the book, but it was overall average.
i feel i will like the movie more because andrew garfield plays tommy and he is in his remus lupin get up <3
but in all seriousness i think that this book could have been sadder than it was! the premise has the potential to be so sad and so dark and it just didn’t go there. it’s like sad, but it didn’t hit me, ya know, i just feel like there could have been more. the way i can explain it is it’s like if i were watching someone else grieve. i know what they’re experiencing is sad, but i’m not experiencing it myself so i can’t feel the whole scope of it. that’s what this book felt like— i KNEW it was sad but i couldn’t FEEL the sadness, i couldn’t fully connect to it. it felt empty.
i think maybe it’s the fact that they’re all so resigned to their fates, which in a way does make it sadder because they don’t see a way out, so why fight it? but on the other hand it just makes it so that you can’t truly tell how they feel about their lives, about how they have no control over them or their bodies. and i wish we got more of them discussing how truly heartbreaking it is that they never got to live a normal life because of the fact that they’re not seen as real people.
there were some really great moments and i loved tommy (especially tommy, my love) and kathy, their moments together clearly being the shining stars of the book, but it was overall average.
i feel i will like the movie more because andrew garfield plays tommy and he is in his remus lupin get up <3