Never Let Me Go

By: Kazuo Ishiguro

Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor

NOBEL PRIZE WINNER • From the acclaimed, bestselling author of The Remains of the Day comes “a Gothic tour de force" (The New York Times) with an extraordinary twist—a moving, suspenseful, beautifully atmospheric modern classic.

One of The New York Times’s 10 Best Books of the 21st Century • A Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction Book of the Century • A Los Angeles Times Best Fiction Book of the Last 30 Years

As children, Kathy, Ruth, and Tommy were students at Hailsham, an exclusive boarding school secluded in the English countryside. It was a place of mercurial cliques and mysterious rules where teachers were constantly reminding their charges of how special they were.

Now, years later, Kathy is a young woman. Ruth and Tommy have reentered her life. And for the first time she is beginning to look back at their shared past and understand just what it is that makes them special—and how that gift will shape the rest of their time together.

No

This is a lovely little book, beautifully read, but merely as the tender reminiscences of an English schoolgirl. There is a modicum of deft sci-fi here, but so glibly delivered that honestly, who cares. Any practiced reader has already dealt with the issues of humanity, individuality and self-awareness in Margaret Atwood's "Handmaid's Tale" and even "I, Robot", both or which handled the issue with greater dexterity and insight than Ishiguro is able to muster. The concept of this alternate society is eplained early on, and once one has accepted it, the surprises are over. I purchased this audiobook on the recommendation of another person who said, "don't read anything about it first" and I didn't. It was my first Ishiguro, and I won't give up on him entirely, but I will be very cautious in the future.

Surprisingly good and surprisingly deep

I almost didn't download this selection seeing that some of the reviewers felt it was for a younger audience but I am glad that I did. For one thing, Ishiguro is a master of human emotion and interaction, he captures that perfectly. For another, Ishiguro has chosen a surprisingly modern and deep topic with important parallels to life today. This book was heartfelt, nostalgic, thoughtful, scientific, and intellectual. I thoroughly enjoyed it and strongly recommend it!

Decent book, but not a thriller

I kept waiting for the "creepy" or "thrilling" part to begin, and the book ended without that ever happening. Tension and mystery build up to......nothing.

A deeply human story

In a world where we are all so separated, this is a story to bind all of us spiritually and as a species. We know our history, what we are capable of as people. The author provides a soft, caring look into the mirror. Oddly, I find this to be a story of hope. Through the “artificial “ we can learn to be our best selves.

You've never read a book like this.

That's it.

It was difficult to rate, so don't be fooled by them. You can't rate a book like this, which is a confrontation with everything you never want to see. Read it to be a better human being.