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Are we talking the fact that they were clones? Chas Send a noteboard - 18/10/2010 10:39:25 PM
Did you figure out early on what was going on? And if not, were your guesses far off? What were your feelings when you finally discovered what it was all about? Did you like being kept in the dark for so long?


In which case that got spoiled for me before I started, though I don't remember how. However, I don't think it would've been all that hard figuring that out.



But if you mean what Hailsham was all about then, no, I didn't figure out until the nice little scene with Tommy, Kathy and the headmistress when it was spelled out.


I'll add more later.
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Book Club Discussion: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro Jacob - 18/10/2010 05:51:00 PM 2072 Views
The book, not the novel? Camilla - 18/10/2010 06:07:08 PM 1009 Views
Me type fast... me not read what I type. *NM* Jacob - 18/10/2010 06:11:19 PM 427 Views
I have just discovered that I loaned the book to someone recently as well. Rebekah - 18/10/2010 06:27:52 PM 960 Views
Bummer! Jacob - 18/10/2010 06:32:43 PM 1018 Views
Might as well start with this - what did you think of Ishiguro's subtle treatment of the key issue? Legolas - 18/10/2010 06:34:58 PM 961 Views
Are we talking the fact that they were clones? Chas - 18/10/2010 10:39:25 PM 1106 Views
I may not be all that good in figuring such things out, but it wasn't so evident to me at all. Legolas - 18/10/2010 11:06:00 PM 1063 Views
I say that now, but that's after I was spoiled. Chas - 19/10/2010 01:29:29 PM 1004 Views
I can understand that. Rebekah - 19/10/2010 01:35:41 PM 971 Views
I figured it out almost straight away. Rebekah - 19/10/2010 01:33:17 PM 1009 Views
Re: What was the other book? Danae al'Thor - 03/11/2010 09:35:01 PM 1143 Views
It was called Spares. Rebekah - 03/11/2010 09:58:02 PM 1109 Views
Re: It might be YA literature. Danae al'Thor - 03/11/2010 10:00:50 PM 988 Views
I had it mentioned to me before I started reading Camilla - 02/03/2011 11:24:14 PM 1087 Views
What did you think of the characters? Legolas - 18/10/2010 06:43:22 PM 1053 Views
Ruth was a bitch and other quick summations. Chas - 18/10/2010 10:34:17 PM 939 Views
I find it difficult to sympathise with these characters and I wonder whether that's deliberate. Rebekah - 26/10/2010 03:56:34 PM 1104 Views
Must revise that feeling now. Rebekah - 31/10/2010 02:52:25 PM 960 Views
Re: Must revise that feeling now. Jessie - 16/11/2010 03:57:59 AM 1424 Views
Ruth is Evil Camilla - 02/03/2011 11:08:47 PM 1126 Views
Since Chas is making me wonder... What did you think of the book? Like it, love it, hate it? *NM* Legolas - 18/10/2010 11:13:55 PM 444 Views
And I'm officially overusing the phrase "what did you think". *NM* Legolas - 18/10/2010 11:14:15 PM 437 Views
Crap. I hope I didn't come across as too negative, because I loved the book. Chas - 19/10/2010 01:33:57 PM 1073 Views
Love it. Rebekah - 19/10/2010 01:36:26 PM 1011 Views
I liked it (with some exceptions) thebestrob - 20/10/2010 09:55:26 AM 1154 Views
I thought of The Island, too - same premise, very different approach. Legolas - 20/10/2010 04:42:48 PM 1098 Views
Re: I liked it (with some exceptions) Rebekah - 22/10/2010 11:29:36 AM 1095 Views
Right. A better answer, now that I've got the book and have refreshed my memory. Rebekah - 26/10/2010 03:53:58 PM 1067 Views
Did you just compare Robert Jordan's writing style favourably to Ishiguro's? Camilla - 02/03/2011 11:20:46 PM 999 Views
LOVED. Jessie - 16/11/2010 03:52:09 AM 882 Views
By all means, then... Jacob - 16/11/2010 02:44:24 PM 846 Views
Re: By all means, then... Jessie - 17/11/2010 11:23:12 PM 1043 Views
Re: Gaps - 20/10/2010 02:50:28 AM 1062 Views
What do you think of the idea of growing cloned humans for donations? Rebekah - 31/10/2010 02:53:25 PM 952 Views
Uncomfortable is putting it mildly. Legolas - 03/11/2010 10:12:43 PM 1088 Views
Re: Uncomfortable is putting it mildly. Rebekah - 05/11/2010 07:36:04 PM 1050 Views
Agreed. Camilla - 02/03/2011 11:29:50 PM 1021 Views
Miss Lucy, Miss Emily and Madame. Rebekah - 31/10/2010 02:56:27 PM 984 Views
You kind of have to wonder how they sleep at night. Legolas - 03/11/2010 10:17:36 PM 1118 Views
Yeah. Rebekah - 05/11/2010 07:39:22 PM 1030 Views
The issues Camilla - 02/03/2011 11:35:52 PM 1025 Views
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