Never Let Me Go

This book left a lot open to the imagination, as it wasn't so much about the world-building, but the building of characterization and relationships between the characters. The slow reveal of information is tricky for an author to do well, since I feel like it mostly ends just leaving readers confused, but the author of this book did it skillfully, slowly bringing information into the story until the readers figure out the full truth. Similarly, a...read more

3.5/5

My favourite book. If I could go back and read one book again for the first time, it would be this.

I had no idea what I was getting myself into when I started reading this book. It had found it's way onto my to-read list at some point and was available as an e-book at my library as I was frantically getting ready for a three-day trip to Portland. I'm not sure I would have enjoyed the book nearly as much if I had known the premise. The realities of who the protagonist and her friends are comes out in small bits and pieces all the way to the ...read more

Heartbreaking and stunningly beautiful tale of destiny, friendship, belief and letting go. Ishiguro masterfully places us in the romantic, historical past and science fiction future at the same time, leading to a dizzying disorienting end that is hard to forget.