Never Let Me Go

by Kazuo Ishiguro

The children who grow up at Hailsham, an elite school in the English countryside, are special.  So special that they are kept isolated from the outside world and spend their days learning and creating art that is taken away to a gallery by a woman known only as Madame.  Years later, Kathy recounts her days at Hailsham and the reason she and her fellow students are so special.

This was a very interesting book.  It's hard for me to describe this book without spoiling it.  Kathy and her friends grow up being "told but not told" what their future holds and what is expected of them.  Is there any way to change the path of their lives?  Maybe, but maybe not. 

This is the kind of book that strikes you later.  It has just enough in it to make you wonder if this could someday be a true story.  Kathy and her friends, especially Tommy and Ruth, are teenagers like any others, with dreams and loves and conflicts.  But they are not like other teenagers, and will not grow up to be like other adults. 

I see that there's a movie about this book and I'm curious to see how this translated to the big screen.  Almost all of this book is told from Kathy's point of view, and there's so much that she doesn't understand. 

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