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Re: What was the other book? Danae al'Thor Send a noteboard - 03/11/2010 09:35:01 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?

I'm not sure if that's because I'm really, really clever or because I'd just read a book with a similar premise (just not as well written).

I think Ishiguro treats it well. It's not in your face, which this topic can all too easily be. It also comes across as being fairly realistic - or as much as we can imagine it to be.
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Book Club Discussion: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro Jacob - 18/10/2010 05:51:00 PM 2053 Views
The book, not the novel? Camilla - 18/10/2010 06:07:08 PM 987 Views
Me type fast... me not read what I type. *NM* Jacob - 18/10/2010 06:11:19 PM 418 Views
I have just discovered that I loaned the book to someone recently as well. Rebekah - 18/10/2010 06:27:52 PM 937 Views
Bummer! Jacob - 18/10/2010 06:32:43 PM 997 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 932 Views
Are we talking the fact that they were clones? Chas - 18/10/2010 10:39:25 PM 1085 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 1043 Views
I say that now, but that's after I was spoiled. Chas - 19/10/2010 01:29:29 PM 982 Views
I can understand that. Rebekah - 19/10/2010 01:35:41 PM 945 Views
I figured it out almost straight away. Rebekah - 19/10/2010 01:33:17 PM 988 Views
Re: What was the other book? Danae al'Thor - 03/11/2010 09:35:01 PM 1123 Views
It was called Spares. Rebekah - 03/11/2010 09:58:02 PM 1086 Views
Re: It might be YA literature. Danae al'Thor - 03/11/2010 10:00:50 PM 967 Views
I had it mentioned to me before I started reading Camilla - 02/03/2011 11:24:14 PM 1067 Views
What did you think of the characters? Legolas - 18/10/2010 06:43:22 PM 1029 Views
Ruth was a bitch and other quick summations. Chas - 18/10/2010 10:34:17 PM 917 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 1067 Views
Must revise that feeling now. Rebekah - 31/10/2010 02:52:25 PM 942 Views
Re: Must revise that feeling now. Jessie - 16/11/2010 03:57:59 AM 1399 Views
Ruth is Evil Camilla - 02/03/2011 11:08:47 PM 1107 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 430 Views
And I'm officially overusing the phrase "what did you think". *NM* Legolas - 18/10/2010 11:14:15 PM 427 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 1046 Views
Love it. Rebekah - 19/10/2010 01:36:26 PM 987 Views
I liked it (with some exceptions) thebestrob - 20/10/2010 09:55:26 AM 1142 Views
I thought of The Island, too - same premise, very different approach. Legolas - 20/10/2010 04:42:48 PM 1079 Views
Re: I liked it (with some exceptions) Rebekah - 22/10/2010 11:29:36 AM 1077 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 1049 Views
Did you just compare Robert Jordan's writing style favourably to Ishiguro's? Camilla - 02/03/2011 11:20:46 PM 984 Views
LOVED. Jessie - 16/11/2010 03:52:09 AM 860 Views
By all means, then... Jacob - 16/11/2010 02:44:24 PM 828 Views
Re: By all means, then... Jessie - 17/11/2010 11:23:12 PM 1020 Views
Re: Gaps - 20/10/2010 02:50:28 AM 1036 Views
What do you think of the idea of growing cloned humans for donations? Rebekah - 31/10/2010 02:53:25 PM 933 Views
Uncomfortable is putting it mildly. Legolas - 03/11/2010 10:12:43 PM 1064 Views
Re: Uncomfortable is putting it mildly. Rebekah - 05/11/2010 07:36:04 PM 1026 Views
Agreed. Camilla - 02/03/2011 11:29:50 PM 998 Views
Miss Lucy, Miss Emily and Madame. Rebekah - 31/10/2010 02:56:27 PM 965 Views
You kind of have to wonder how they sleep at night. Legolas - 03/11/2010 10:17:36 PM 1098 Views
Yeah. Rebekah - 05/11/2010 07:39:22 PM 1014 Views
The issues Camilla - 02/03/2011 11:35:52 PM 1004 Views
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