Never Let Me Go: Book Summary & Analysis

Ah f**kin' British writers! My inclination to adore everyone from Evelyn Waugh to Charles Dickens, from Alex Garland to Zadie Smith seems very ingrained (VERY DEEP) inside me, primordial, & there must be SOME bloody reason why I find most English fiction so alluring. I think it has mostly to do with......more

It's very important, if you're intending to read this book, that you don't read any reviews or listen to any talk about it first. I had no idea what this book was about before I read it - and the blurb gives you a very different impression, actually - and so I slipped easily into a story that was as......more

this book was not AT ALL what i expected. from a writing standpoint, this is easily 5 stars. but overall, the story left something to be desired. i also didn’t find this to be as devastating as most people say it is. it’s objectively a sad story, but to me it was more disturbing than anything else. n......more

I just...don't know how you take a book with a plotline as interesting and creepy and unique as this one and turn it into an unrelenting snoozefest, party of one. When I hear "the best novel of the decade," I expect brilliance. When I hear "now a major motion picture starring Carey Mulligan, Andrew Ga......more

DIALOGUE: Imagine a restaurant, London, mid-2003. Publisher: Hey, K, we need another novel and we need it quick. K: I know, I know. Publisher: Another “Remains of the Day”. Something Hollywood can turn into a hit. K: I’m working on it. Publisher: Any ideas? K: Well, I’ve been reading some Jonathan Swift. Pu......more