A review by kathrynjonesreads
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

5.0

I'm so glad I finally got to this book! It's a book that is both dystopian and beautiful. Like the very best of novels, it has made me consider our future while being grateful for our present. It shows the very best of humanity, along with some of the crappier sides. I adored Kath, and hoped for the characters until the end.

My favourite quotes:

"...there are people out there, like Madame, who don’t hate you or wish you any harm, but who nevertheless shudder at the very thought of you—of how you were brought into this world and why—and who dread the idea of your hand brushing against theirs. The first time you glimpse yourself through the eyes of a person like that, it’s a cold moment. It’s like walking past a mirror you’ve walked past every day of your life, and suddenly it shows you something else, something troubling and strange."

"When I watched you dancing that day, I saw something else. I saw a new world coming rapidly. More scientific, efficient, yes. More cures for the old sicknesses. Very good. But a harsh, cruel world. And I saw a little girl, her eyes tightly closed, holding to her breast the old kind world, one that she knew in her heart could not remain, and she was holding it and pleading, never to let her go."