Book review: Never Let Me Go
Just in time for the film’s release I have finished Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go book. The book is beautifully written, although one that you certainly need to pay attention to. The main character Kathy H. talks you through her life, but constantly has to jump back and fourth – for you to understand something that happened in one memory she has to tell you something that happened before, and before that and so on and so on. What is also beautiful about this book is that you are never really told all the details about these children where they come from or what they have to donate, but you are allowed to figure it out for yourself.
It’s not one to read before you sleep as you won’t be able to put it down and you really want to be paying attention but it makes a perfect commuter’s read.
Check out what I thought of the film adaptation.
I’ve just finished the novel so was doing a little scouring of net wisdom to find others views. I completely agree that with you that by withholding details such as the characters origins and most importantly of the society that would yield such a horrific system focuses the characters relationships and as you say keeps the reader guessing. Basing the story in a contemporary England was crucial in achieving the subtle gentle horror.