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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 1815 Views
The book, not the novel? Camilla - 18/10/2010 06:07:08 PM 744 Views
Me type fast... me not read what I type. *NM* Jacob - 18/10/2010 06:11:19 PM 320 Views
I have just discovered that I loaned the book to someone recently as well. Rebekah - 18/10/2010 06:27:52 PM 702 Views
Bummer! Jacob - 18/10/2010 06:32:43 PM 779 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 721 Views
Are we talking the fact that they were clones? Chas - 18/10/2010 10:39:25 PM 852 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 811 Views
I say that now, but that's after I was spoiled. Chas - 19/10/2010 01:29:29 PM 744 Views
I can understand that. Rebekah - 19/10/2010 01:35:41 PM 692 Views
I figured it out almost straight away. Rebekah - 19/10/2010 01:33:17 PM 760 Views
Re: What was the other book? Danae al'Thor - 03/11/2010 09:35:01 PM 905 Views
It was called Spares. Rebekah - 03/11/2010 09:58:02 PM 822 Views
Re: It might be YA literature. Danae al'Thor - 03/11/2010 10:00:50 PM 737 Views
I had it mentioned to me before I started reading Camilla - 02/03/2011 11:24:14 PM 813 Views
What did you think of the characters? Legolas - 18/10/2010 06:43:22 PM 776 Views
Ruth was a bitch and other quick summations. Chas - 18/10/2010 10:34:17 PM 705 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 826 Views
Must revise that feeling now. Rebekah - 31/10/2010 02:52:25 PM 714 Views
Re: Must revise that feeling now. Jessie - 16/11/2010 03:57:59 AM 1167 Views
Ruth is Evil Camilla - 02/03/2011 11:08:47 PM 856 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 330 Views
And I'm officially overusing the phrase "what did you think". *NM* Legolas - 18/10/2010 11:14:15 PM 343 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 823 Views
Love it. Rebekah - 19/10/2010 01:36:26 PM 721 Views
I liked it (with some exceptions) thebestrob - 20/10/2010 09:55:26 AM 902 Views
I thought of The Island, too - same premise, very different approach. Legolas - 20/10/2010 04:42:48 PM 818 Views
Re: I liked it (with some exceptions) Rebekah - 22/10/2010 11:29:36 AM 849 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 794 Views
Did you just compare Robert Jordan's writing style favourably to Ishiguro's? Camilla - 02/03/2011 11:20:46 PM 762 Views
LOVED. Jessie - 16/11/2010 03:52:09 AM 644 Views
By all means, then... Jacob - 16/11/2010 02:44:24 PM 599 Views
Re: By all means, then... Jessie - 17/11/2010 11:23:12 PM 789 Views
Re: Gaps - 20/10/2010 02:50:28 AM 810 Views
What do you think of the idea of growing cloned humans for donations? Rebekah - 31/10/2010 02:53:25 PM 719 Views
Uncomfortable is putting it mildly. Legolas - 03/11/2010 10:12:43 PM 818 Views
Re: Uncomfortable is putting it mildly. Rebekah - 05/11/2010 07:36:04 PM 759 Views
Agreed. Camilla - 02/03/2011 11:29:50 PM 789 Views
Miss Lucy, Miss Emily and Madame. Rebekah - 31/10/2010 02:56:27 PM 742 Views
You kind of have to wonder how they sleep at night. Legolas - 03/11/2010 10:17:36 PM 841 Views
Yeah. Rebekah - 05/11/2010 07:39:22 PM 785 Views
The issues Camilla - 02/03/2011 11:35:52 PM 775 Views
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