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Did you just compare Robert Jordan's writing style favourably to Ishiguro's? Camilla Send a noteboard - 02/03/2011 11:20:46 PM
The characters being a bit "meh" for me. Didn't love them, didn't hate them. Found them more childish and irritating, even after they'd grown up.


I noticed the childishness as well. I took it to be a result of their very strange upbringing. They go almost directly from being children to preparing for death.

I really dislike the use of not-so-subtle foreshadowing or linking sentences like "and that was the last time i spoke to Ruth until after the incident..... it was 6 years later when the incident happened". I guess after years of reading RJ who is a bit more subtle than that it's somewhat jarring.


We may have to do battle of some sort.

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Book Club Discussion: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro Jacob - 18/10/2010 05:51:00 PM 1885 Views
The book, not the novel? Camilla - 18/10/2010 06:07:08 PM 827 Views
Me type fast... me not read what I type. *NM* Jacob - 18/10/2010 06:11:19 PM 353 Views
I have just discovered that I loaned the book to someone recently as well. Rebekah - 18/10/2010 06:27:52 PM 770 Views
Bummer! Jacob - 18/10/2010 06:32:43 PM 844 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 792 Views
Are we talking the fact that they were clones? Chas - 18/10/2010 10:39:25 PM 934 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 879 Views
I say that now, but that's after I was spoiled. Chas - 19/10/2010 01:29:29 PM 818 Views
I can understand that. Rebekah - 19/10/2010 01:35:41 PM 763 Views
I figured it out almost straight away. Rebekah - 19/10/2010 01:33:17 PM 837 Views
Re: What was the other book? Danae al'Thor - 03/11/2010 09:35:01 PM 976 Views
It was called Spares. Rebekah - 03/11/2010 09:58:02 PM 906 Views
Re: It might be YA literature. Danae al'Thor - 03/11/2010 10:00:50 PM 814 Views
I had it mentioned to me before I started reading Camilla - 02/03/2011 11:24:14 PM 883 Views
What did you think of the characters? Legolas - 18/10/2010 06:43:22 PM 854 Views
Ruth was a bitch and other quick summations. Chas - 18/10/2010 10:34:17 PM 773 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 910 Views
Must revise that feeling now. Rebekah - 31/10/2010 02:52:25 PM 787 Views
Re: Must revise that feeling now. Jessie - 16/11/2010 03:57:59 AM 1239 Views
Ruth is Evil Camilla - 02/03/2011 11:08:47 PM 934 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 359 Views
And I'm officially overusing the phrase "what did you think". *NM* Legolas - 18/10/2010 11:14:15 PM 368 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 896 Views
Love it. Rebekah - 19/10/2010 01:36:26 PM 801 Views
I liked it (with some exceptions) thebestrob - 20/10/2010 09:55:26 AM 973 Views
I thought of The Island, too - same premise, very different approach. Legolas - 20/10/2010 04:42:48 PM 894 Views
Re: I liked it (with some exceptions) Rebekah - 22/10/2010 11:29:36 AM 919 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 870 Views
Did you just compare Robert Jordan's writing style favourably to Ishiguro's? Camilla - 02/03/2011 11:20:46 PM 834 Views
LOVED. Jessie - 16/11/2010 03:52:09 AM 710 Views
By all means, then... Jacob - 16/11/2010 02:44:24 PM 671 Views
Re: By all means, then... Jessie - 17/11/2010 11:23:12 PM 863 Views
Re: Gaps - 20/10/2010 02:50:28 AM 867 Views
What do you think of the idea of growing cloned humans for donations? Rebekah - 31/10/2010 02:53:25 PM 779 Views
Uncomfortable is putting it mildly. Legolas - 03/11/2010 10:12:43 PM 907 Views
Re: Uncomfortable is putting it mildly. Rebekah - 05/11/2010 07:36:04 PM 835 Views
Agreed. Camilla - 02/03/2011 11:29:50 PM 854 Views
Miss Lucy, Miss Emily and Madame. Rebekah - 31/10/2010 02:56:27 PM 814 Views
You kind of have to wonder how they sleep at night. Legolas - 03/11/2010 10:17:36 PM 918 Views
Yeah. Rebekah - 05/11/2010 07:39:22 PM 859 Views
The issues Camilla - 02/03/2011 11:35:52 PM 849 Views
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