Never Let Me Go

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Ishiguro is just sublime to read. His ability to embody the narrator and tell stories of small things that add up to momentous revelations and emotions is just astounding. I won't detail the plot here because that is part of the joy of this book. But I thought the examination of what makes us human and what constitutes a soul was so subtly and artfully done. I thought it was a beautiful and eloquent book, riveting to read, and much to reflect and think about.

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Ruth had been right: Madame was aftraid of us.  But she was afraid of us in the same way someone might be afraid of spiders.  We hadn't been ready for that.  it had never occurred to us to wonder how we would feel, being seen like that, being spiders. 

When I watched you dancing that day, i saw something else.  I saw a new world coming rapidly.  more scientific, efficient, yes.  More cures for the old sicknesses.  Very good.  But a harsh, cruel world.  And I saw a little girl, her eyes tightly closed, holding to her breast the old kind world, one that she knew in her heart could not remain, and she was holding it and pleading, never to let it go. 

keep thinking about this river somewhere, with the water moving really fast.  And these tow people in the water, trying to hold onto each other, holding on as hard as they can, but in the end it's just too much.  The current's too strong.  They've got to let go, drift apart.  That's how I think it is with us.  It's a shame, Kath, because we've loved each other all our lives.  But in the en, we can't stay together forever.