Never Let Me Go
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Never Let Me Go
Kazuo Ishiguro
6 people recommended it in 5 threads, 2017–2024.
What people on Hacker News said
Some people don't care for Never Let Me Go, but it made an impression on me almost as large as Remains of the Day did.
The story line is enrapturing but ultimately not what the book is about.
All children have to be deceived if they are to grow up without trauma
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro felt similar to Ted Chiang's carefully prepared and high-minded sci-fi. They both write with a poetic sensibility that puts the sci-fi elements in the background.
Where it comes up
- Ask HN: Best books you read in the past decade? 2019 · 2 recommendations
- Ask HN: What were the best books you read this year? 2024 · 1 recommendation
- Is this a good book for me, now? 2023 · 1 recommendation
- Ask HN: Great fiction books that have had a positive impact on your life? 2020 · 1 recommendation
- Ask HN: Books you read in 2017? 2017 · 1 recommendation