All fiction is metaphor. Science fiction is metaphor. What sets it apart from older forms of fiction seems to be its use of new metaphors…science, all the sciences, and technology….The future, in fiction, is a metaphor. –Ursula K. LeGuin Despite being a subtle, ‘literary’ work from the Booker P...
I think this wasn't really my book - though the plot was interesting,and Kathy had some incredible thoughts on human nature and the people and events around her, I couldn't shake the feeling of the prose being very stilted, and everything being very understated. In a way, I suppose this was the poin...
I think this wasn't really my book - though the plot was interesting,and Kathy had some incredible thoughts on human nature and the people and events around her, I couldn't shake the feeling of the prose being very stilted, and everything being very understated. In a way, I suppose this was the poin...
Unfortunately, this is one of the cases in which I saw the movie before the book. After watching the film, I grew obsessed with the concept. But when reading the book, it was Kathy's voice that captivated me. Reading her words felt so relaxing. This book was quite slow-paced. But if anything, that m...
Being a great fan of Dystopian novels, I really looked forward to reading Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. As the story unravels, and the appalling truth in revealed, I found one of the most striking, or best parts of the story, just how they had accepted their fate. It's not very easy to explain,...
In summary, Kathy, Tommy, Ruth attend a boarding school unlike most. Coming of age at this school may seem a bit normal with bullies, crushes, rules that make sense, and rules that don't but it's different because the children here are preparing for a special 'purpose'. This story is SAD (in capi...
I was just about ten pages away from finishing Never Let Me Go last night when my boyfriend's hunger finally dominated the situation and I stopped so we could make dinner. I hate when this happens, that delay just as you're over the cusp. At the same time, though, it came as an almost welcome break....
This book is one of those for which it's difficult to write much of a review because one of the main reading pleasures lies in slowly discovering the many secrets of the characters' world. Writing too much about the story would simply give too much away. The story focuses primarily on a set of fr...
I feel rather mixed about this. I can't give it less than a three stars because of the way I was propelled through this book, but can't give it more because in the end I felt let down by it. It's an odd little novel. It's the first person story of Kathy H. a "carer" who works with "donors." You know...
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