Never Let Me Go

Ok, admittedly, I have been rather lazy and not been keeping up to date with blogging and stuff, however, I would also argue that I have been a bit preoccupied with exams, the most of which are now over, thankfully. Anyway, back to books. For my English Literature exam, I studied Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. I have a few contradictory feelings about this book, as it was interesting, yet I felt no emotional connection to the characters. The book follows the main character, Kathy, as she tells the story of her life. I found NLMG interesting, as it presented many ideas about the ethics of cloning, opinions on the existence of souls and such like, but I also felt that I had no connection to the characters, who, in my opinion, resign to their fate with worrying and depressing acceptance. Looking on what I have just written, it occurs to me that no connection may have been intended, in order to 'other' the characters further, but I still think that I am highly unlikely to ever read this book again by choice, and if you are a person who likes to feel involved with the characters and share their emotions with them, then I would not recommend it to you.