Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go definitely struck me as the kind of novel that would impact readers in different ways. In light of that, I'm offering two capsule reviews, one by me and one by Library operative Carolline. Together, I hope they will shine more light on whether this is the book for you.
1. This book is creepy. Even after reading other reviews and discovering what the dark mystery is, from the beginning the ominous tone of the novel affects you. You’re never quite sure if the narrator and her friends are in danger from the rest of society, or if they’re a threat to them. Children of the Corn, with feelings. It’s not until the very end that everything is explained--much like the villain's monologue in a movie--but that’s what keeps you going. At times, the book gets a little slow, describing the narrator’s childhood, and way too many English countryside's, but is overall a good read. Smart, philosophical and creepy.
2. This may be the gentlest dystopia I've ever read. Combining science fiction and that most British of genres - the boarding school Bildungsroman, Ishiguro has created a masterpiece of innocence lost. This is the story of love triangle and the fate that awaits all three, but also a meditation on the human capacity to love and feel, and (there's more?!) an indictment of society's ability to suspend morality in order to feed our insatiable desires. A beautiful, haunting elegy that may never let you go.
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