It's really hard to judge how much I could have figured out on my own. But if I recall correctly it's mentioned fairly early on that Kathy is caring for people who have just donated organs and since she stated that was her fate as well- I think I would've made the connection between a large number of people who all seem to have something in common donating organs. Organ harvesting always seems to be a common theme when someone is doing something with clones.
I think I agree with him. I don't feel as though I lost anything by knowing going in that they were clones. On the other hand, I think that if I knew without a doubt (instead of getting this gradual feeling) what the purpose of Hailsham was it wouldn't have had the same impact that it did.
I would rate this book as one in which spoilers do in fact spoil a good part of the reading experience (though I remember reading an interview with Ishiguro on the topic of the movie coming out, and he said something about not caring much if that was spoiled for his future readers).
I think I agree with him. I don't feel as though I lost anything by knowing going in that they were clones. On the other hand, I think that if I knew without a doubt (instead of getting this gradual feeling) what the purpose of Hailsham was it wouldn't have had the same impact that it did.
Book Club Discussion: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
- 18/10/2010 05:51:00 PM
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I have just discovered that I loaned the book to someone recently as well.
- 18/10/2010 06:27:52 PM
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Might as well start with this - what did you think of Ishiguro's subtle treatment of the key issue?
- 18/10/2010 06:34:58 PM
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Are we talking the fact that they were clones?
- 18/10/2010 10:39:25 PM
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I may not be all that good in figuring such things out, but it wasn't so evident to me at all.
- 18/10/2010 11:06:00 PM
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I say that now, but that's after I was spoiled.
- 19/10/2010 01:29:29 PM
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I figured it out almost straight away.
- 19/10/2010 01:33:17 PM
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Re: What was the other book?
- 03/11/2010 09:35:01 PM
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What did you think of the characters?
- 18/10/2010 06:43:22 PM
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I find it difficult to sympathise with these characters and I wonder whether that's deliberate.
- 26/10/2010 03:56:34 PM
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Since Chas is making me wonder... 
What did you think of the book? Like it, love it, hate it? *NM*
- 18/10/2010 11:13:55 PM
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What did you think of the book? Like it, love it, hate it? *NM*
- 18/10/2010 11:13:55 PM
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And I'm officially overusing the phrase "what did you think". *NM*
- 18/10/2010 11:14:15 PM
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Crap. I hope I didn't come across as too negative, because I loved the book.
- 19/10/2010 01:33:57 PM
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I liked it (with some exceptions)
- 20/10/2010 09:55:26 AM
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I thought of The Island, too - same premise, very different approach.
- 20/10/2010 04:42:48 PM
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Right. A better answer, now that I've got the book and have refreshed my memory.
- 26/10/2010 03:53:58 PM
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Did you just compare Robert Jordan's writing style favourably to Ishiguro's?
- 02/03/2011 11:20:46 PM
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What do you think of the idea of growing cloned humans for donations?
- 31/10/2010 02:53:25 PM
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Miss Lucy, Miss Emily and Madame.
- 31/10/2010 02:56:27 PM
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