Never Let Me Go (Vintage International)

By Kazuo Ishiguro

From the Booker Prize-winning author of The Remains of the Day and When We Were Orphans comes an unforgettable edge-of-your-seat mystery that is at once heartbreakingly tender and morally courageous about what it means to be human. Never Let Me Go follows Kathy as she grows from schoolgirl to young woman at Hailsham, a seemingly pleasant English boarding school. It is a gripping mystery, a beautiful love story, and also a scathing critique of human arrogance and a moral examination of how we treat the vulnerable and different in our society. In exploring the themes of memory and the impact of the past, Ishiguro takes on the idea of a possible future to create his most moving and powerful book to date.

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Published Mar 14, 2006

304 pages

Average rating: 6.96

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Readers say *Never Let Me Go* is beautifully written and haunting, blending tender, introspective storytelling with a chilling alternate reality. Revi...

LBiggs
9/10 stars
A moving reflection on the nature of human life, elicited with profundity through the lens of Science Fiction.
pr0n_cena
8/10 stars
A unique story about growing up and a beautifully sympathetic novel for anyone who has been in love and had to say goodbye.
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6/10 stars
DNF because library loan expired. but it was OK.
Janet H
Wonderful author, great book. I wanted to know more about bigger picture - the society in which the story occurred. Why did the donors go along so placidly without rebellion? Thought provoking.
sam.i.read_sam.i.write
Tragically beautiful

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