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A Reader posted a review at 2007-10-12 12:41:26.
(Language: English)
 
Excellent. I gave this book an unheard of (for me) 10 because Never Let Me Go impacted me deeply. It's written in the first person narrative throughout and to be honest I usually prefer dialogue in novels, but this was exactly the right form for this book because rather than the reader seeing events as an observer - everything is seen and experienced through Kathy, on e of the three main characters in the book and is therefore much more powerful!It wasn't always easy to read however because so much of the plot evolved in tiny fragments - it was like doing a frustratingly impossible jigsaw puzzle - and in the end the whole theme of the book was also deeply disturbing. This is a novel which could actually be fact. I think that unnerved me. It's set in England in the 1990s -and dedicated to "Lorna and Naomi" which made me smile. If I hadn't already promised this book to another it would join my permanent collection along with Sue Monk Kidd's The Secret Life of Bees It's impossible to say much about this book without giving away its subject - and that in a way is also one of Halisham's (the place at the centre of the book) secrets. For me the climax of the book was almost at the end on page 255. There are a lot of euphemisms in the book, a little like Brave New World, and that also made me think a lot about how language evolves and how all of us have a special vocabulary we use with our inner circle of friends. This novel is really really worth reading and was short listed for the Man Booker Prize in 2005. "A clear frontrunner to be the year's most extraordinary novel" (Sunday Times) 
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A Reader posted a review at 2008-09-20 08:45:58.
(Language: English)
SPOILERS! Heh. Very disappointing book from an author I like. It gave me the same feeling I had when I read Oryx and Crake - a famous literary author condescends to write in the science fiction genre. Ishiguro's premise is hardly as original and earth-shattering as he thinks it is. What's worse, it is not thought through at all -- a successful science fiction book makes you buy the premise, no matter how absurd, by thoroughly working out all the consequences. This book simply layers the premise onto what what is recognizably our world wholesale - as though the government cloning humans solely for the purpose of organ donations wouldn't really cause any changes in society. Not for a second did I believe the premise. What's left is a well-written coming-of-age novel - Ishiguro masterfully details the shifting feelings, jealousies, and misunderstandings of 3 schoolfriends as they progress to early adulthood. To me, there was absolutely no reason to make them clones, and man, there's a sentence I never thought I would type.
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A Reader posted a review at 2010-09-12 01:31:58.
(Language: English)
A widely read, highly praised book. Time magazine is quoted as saying it's the best book of the decade, or so says the trailer for the soon-to-be-released film adaptation. Felt Ishiguro does a fine job of erasing his footprints from the narrative, but generally felt his touch as a writer was bit too light. The end has a nice emotional pay-off, but the road getting there is very slow and tedious. Writing-aside, the story has only one big pay-off, and it's one we see coming a mile away. The premise is clever and handled well, but may have been a bit too softly for my sensibilities. That said, it's a fine, relaxing read.
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Valeria posted a review at 2009-08-19 06:01:15.
(Language: English)
 
I had heard great things about this author and I had high expectations for this book. Unfortunately, I was underwhelmed and it didn't touch me as much as I had hoped. The author's style is very subdued and discreet, almost as if he was trying to deliver his story without leaving imprints. He lets his narrator, Kathy, peel the story layer by layer, until we discover the astonishing truth behind the lives of the 3 main characters.Although the topic is intriguing and the prose is beautiful, I couldn't buy into the passivity of the characters when confronted with their fates. Just like someone else mentioned before, I couldn't help thinking "why don't they run away?". Anyway, maybe this book wasn't the best introduction to this author, so I'll try something else before forming a definite opinion.
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A Reader posted a review at 2010-06-27 08:01:06.
(Language: English)
Eloquent. Ellusive. Excruciating. These might be a few words one could muster up if asked to describe this heartbraking and thrilling novel by Kazuo Ishiguro. None of those words are a bad thing where 'Never Let Me Go' is concerned. The book is fantastic in every sense. The language is beautiful, never too flowery but often poetic. The characters are well drawn, complex individuals that are easy to recognize. The story is innovative and haunting; it hurts in it's authenticity and it excites in it's imagination. Between the pages we find all the adolescent wonder and quest for truth of The Catcher In The Rye, and the wild, maddening yearning of The Bell Jar. Sometimes the exposition feels like a briar patch, or a ramble the reader has to stumble through, and occationally the dialogue doesn't ring true to the ear. But these are minor complaints, and easily overlooked. The book is gorgeous. It has heart, and more importantly, it has soul. It's like a dream you've woken too early from and desperately want to return to. I highly, HIGHLY recommend it. For it's tiny flaws this is a story wanting, needing to be told. A story of three people desperate to hold on, desperate to never let go.
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A Reader posted a review at 2008-02-27 07:29:01.
(Language: English)
I picked up the book on a recomendation. I dont think I liked the story as much as I admired the writing. The story was about self discovery and about the transition from child to adult but I felt that it went to slow. There were absolutely no moments of anticipation. Perhaps you could say the end where they find mrs Emily but even that was a little dissapointing. The ability to pick apart peoples emotions and put them lyrically onto paper Ishiguro has got that down. He has the main character be ultra observant and that really plays well when she explains her inner struggle to figure out her place and her friends. Ishiguro is a keen observer of emotion. I guess my overall feeling for the book was good but not great for plot. Yes the plot ending was creepy with the organ thing but I still felt even with that it went to slow. I guess I was looking for more from the main character and maybe her lack of color was from the factor of how she was raised partly.
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A Reader posted a review at 2007-09-19 10:19:03.
(Language: English)
If someone was not born, but made, does that mean their life is expendable? Does it mean that they are not a 'person' in the way we would usually understand? Can the rule of utilitarianism be applied to a situation where one person dies to potentially save the lives of 3 or 4 others? What bounds should be placed upon science? What can I say? This book blew me away, reminding me of another favourite of mine, The Handmaid's Tale. What amazed me is how, despite the seemingly horrific purpose of their lives, the children accepted their fate and concentrated instead on what they could control - their friendships, their relationships, their immediate future. I think one important message in the book is just that...that it doesn't take long for something once considered as horrific to gain widespread acceptance when an apparent benefit can be seen. The questions above are ones all posed by this book, which is at times both painfully, heartwrenchingly dark, and also light, childlike, and somehow innocent. The style of writing is very familiar, told as though the reader is another childhood friend, sharing drinks on a blanket in an upstairs room with Kathy, and the effect is to completely absorb and engage us in this world. Love, love, love it!
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A Reader posted a review at 2010-03-15 07:46:19.
(Language: English)
On the surface, Never Let Me Go is a work of speculative fiction, creating an alternative world where systematic human cloning has been a means of providing much needed access to organ donation and other advances in medical science. This isn't a spoiler for the book, rather it's laid out as matter-of-fact in the first pages. You might expect then some apocalyptic thriller of science fiction where characters are racing against time and society in order to emerge triumphant and expose truth with a capital T. Instead, the author who gave us "Remains of the Day" delivers another masterpiece of subtlety, a deft psychological work which skillfully turns the mirror back to our own workings of society, and our own views of life and civilization.
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A Reader posted a review at 2010-04-26 06:38:58.
(Language: English)
This was an interesting book. Told from the perspective of just one person 'Kathy H', the reader is constrained by what she tells you and what she notices. Since she is talking about her life - all of which seems completely normal to her - the details of who she and her school mates are is revealed very slowly. Of course, to tell you more would be to obviate your reading the book so I won't. What I will say is that the novel is vintage Ishiguro. Beautifully written, carefully thought through, and really very intelligent. However, I did wonder why so little of our media-frenzied world (actually nothing) leaked into Kathy's perspective... But perhaps that would have made it a different book?
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Julie posted a review at 2010-08-03 09:37:24.
(Language: English)
Kazuo Ishiguro portrays an exquisitely detailed and emotionally controlled alternate world which simmers with existential questions in the haunting, delicate, and horrific “Never Let Me Go.” While the book imagines a world where cancer has been cured at a terrible price, I have read that the most basic question raised by this novel is this: In what ways are the lives we are living constrained by our inability to imagine something else? Ishiguro’s characters, who we meet as children at boarding school, are by turns loving, capricious, fair-minded, shallow… in other words, they are just kids, struggling to discover who they are. Their humanity only enhances the nagging feeling that this placid world Ishiguro has created was born out of something deeply unholy. Is this a cautionary tale? I’m not certain. Whatever it is, it is a lovely piece of very literate pseudo-science fiction that leaves one troubled for days.
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Jonathan posted a review at 2012-12-25 11:51:50.
(Language: English)
Haunting story, especially considering the innocent manner in which it is written. For the first third of the novel, you the reader really have no concept of the true nature of the dystopian society in which this scene is set, nor what these characters who you get to meet through their daily lives are really intended to do. I did not find particularly well written, and never developed a personal attachment to these characters nor deep understanding for their inner psyche as is expertly painted by such authors as Trevanian or Murakami. The genius in this novel comes from understanding the darkness of humanity which unfolds by the end, especially as told through the eyes of such innocence and hope. Ishuguro capitalizes clearly on the tenet of humanity in that we as a species certainly prefer to see no evil hear no evil speak no evil, and reap only the benefits of such actions with ignorance. The title itself is even a play on the twist of the story, named after a seemingly beautiful sounding love song that is really the lament of a woman unable to bear children... just as this story is seemingly the ordinary tale of children coming of age, to such dark purposes. Worthy of the many accolades which it has received, I do not expect to forget this story anytime soon.
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A Reader posted a review at 2007-12-17 04:33:57.
(Language: English)
I just finished "never let me go". I thought it made for quite an interesting and atmospheric read. This might be partially due to the fact that I am relatively new to the genre. However, I found the plot very predictable and a bit naive at times. I felt a bit disappointed with the book for its lack of exciting twists and surprises. I guess in a way, that's just like the protagonists of the novel must have felt at the end of their lives. So who knows, maybe the story is intentionally kept a bit boring, so that we could experience first hand how it might have felt to be one of the clones in the book. Of course, the book is also a pointed critique on today’s society. The media makes it look like we live in this perfect world where we can all become rock stars and rich business men and most importantly: happy. When looking at some TV ads, one could get the impression that we don't only have the right to be happy, no, we are practically forced to be happy. I am taking them slightly out of context here, but the following lines show quite nicely what I mean: “Don't you want somebody to love? Don't you need somebody to love? Wouldn't you love somebody to love? You better find somebody to love. “ - Jefferson Airplane After leaving the school, the characters in the book find their hopes and ideals for a happy and fulfilling life destroyed bit by bit. And when Madame reveals to them, that the four year timeout for people in love was just a myth, it should be clear even to the last of us that the right for the pursuit of happiness is not something you can fight for at a court of law. It’s called the American dream for a reason; for that’s just what it is: a dream.
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A Reader posted a review at 2007-10-25 05:39:54.
(Language: English)
Ishiguro, bon, vous l'aurez compris, il va s'agir d'un personnage qui relate des faits antérieurs, et sa situation au moment de la narration ne fera sens qu'une fois que tous les souvenirs éparpillés dont il nous fait part seront rassemblés. Là -dessus, on peut dire que l'auteur est constant, tous ces livres sont des narrations de souvenirs. A part Proust, je ne sais pas qui fait ça aussi bien que lui. Une jeune femme, Kathy H., relate ses souvenirs d'enfance dans un internat, jusqu'à sa vie adulte. Alors là je marche sur des oeufs, parce si je commence à vous parler un tout petit peu de l'histoire, je vous grille votre lecture. Il m'est donc très difficile de parler du dernier Ishiguro autrement qu'en citant la superbe critique qu'en a faite un ami à moi : 'I've just finished reading Ishiguro's latest book, "Never Let Me Go". That was a stunning and stripping experience at the same time. I had to stay up one night to finish it, it was so compelling, but sad. I cried like a baby! I recommend it to you.' Voilà . Ce livre est immensément triste, c'est clair. Si vous cherchez à vous changer les idées, par exemple parce que votre été est pluvieux, oubliez tout de suite. Je rajouterais simplement que ce roman nous parle de liberté, de libre-arbitre, ou, plutôt, de son manque. De cette étrange passivité qui naît de la constance de la répression, de la soumission à un sens du "devoir", jamais remis en question. Ca parle aussi de la façon dont le passage du temps affecte nos relations avec le reste du monde. Bon, je relis mon dernier paragraphe, et je vois que je n'arrive vraiment pas à dire grand-chose, parce que je sais qu'en en disant trop je vais tout vous spoiler, et je m'y refuse. Bon, je m'arrète là , faites-moi juste confiance, pour une fois. More on : http://laminutelitterairedelouisbernard.blogspot.com/
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A Reader posted a review at 2010-04-06 09:43:43.
(Language: English)
A melancholic narrator drives about the English countryside giving us a lopsided version of some events that took place years ago, in and around a house in the countryside, with a side order of romantic disappointment. No, it's not the Remains Of The Day but it's not far off. The Leftovers of the Remains of the Day? This book has a great central idea which I'm loathe to spoil but it's let down through being an example of what happens when a 'literary' writer decided to slum it and visit the downtown genre ghettoes. In this case, Ishiguro uses a particular idea much beloved of science fiction writers - the relationship between cloning and the idea of individuality - and it doesn't come off, despite some of his typically lovely minor-key writing. It needs more plot than he seems prepared to sully himself with. The idea dissolves away, with a mouthpiece character brought on in the final few pages to deliver a speech that supposedly explains everything. It doesn't. Shame, as there are some intriguing ideas in here left hanging amongst the pathos and English seaside melancholia.
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A Reader posted a review at 2008-07-21 08:09:01.
(Language: English)
This book is a gem, it made my flesh creep from start to finish and sometimes it was so menacing and sinister that I could hardly bear to read it and then again I could not stop reading it (revulsion-compulsion). What I found interesting is that they never rebelled or fled they just accepted it all; despite the fact they know other people have different lives to them and get to do unbelievable exciting things such as work in an office. Is life easier in some ways when it’s mapped out? when one can’t have children, or parents, or a job, or worry about money etc? They accept what they are grinding towards without even discussing escaping, the best they hope for is an extension. Love can buy you an extension, perhaps, so it is worth proving you can love. And what do they have on their arms? This’ll bug me now?
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A Reader posted a review at 2010-09-01 07:33:36.
(Language: English)
I saw the movie trailer first, then saw it was based on a highly praised book, so picked up the book and I am so glad I did. Read this in 2 sittings until late hours, couldn't put it down. It is not action-packed, but very well narrated by one of the characters as she looks back on their school days and her closest 2 friendships and how it relates to who she is today. The story is simply told, but immediately you are hooked on these characters and their connections to each other. These 3 characters grow up in a British School due to them being 'special' children. I don't want to give away what makes them special as it is key to the story. They have some knowledge of the 'special' circumstances, but only after leaving school at 18 do they realize the full extent to their existence and what they were meant to do and how it affects them. Highly Recommended and a quick read.
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A Reader posted a review at 2009-12-24 11:57:38.
(Language: English)
This was the second Ishiguro book I read after The Unconsoled, so I kind of knew what to expect - surreal surroundings that left you temporally disoriented, characters that struggled to understand themselves and the world they were in, and a profound sense of apathy and anomie. What I didn't understand was why the characters who had grown up reading so much poetry and classics never got the idea to rebel and perhaps flee from the system that had ordained for them such a disquieting future? To me that was a serious flaw - in a group as mixed as that and with donations (as Ruth said in Norfolk) coming from tramps, prostitutes, criminals and other people living on the fringes of society, rebellion atleast among some should have sprung up naturally. That is what makes us humans - the ability to struggle even in the face of a very final destiny and to defy it as long as we can. In this the clones disappointed a little - the way they accepted meekly what had been decided for them. Atleast some of them should've rebelled, seeing they had nothing to lose. But apart from that - a very powerful read. I couldn't put it down once I'd started it. Ishiguro's prose is graceful and eloquent, and his understanding of human relationships is deep. It left me feeling very disturbed and I sincerely hope that we never have to come to such a point where we raise clones just to make them donate all their organs when they're at the peak of their lives - full of youthful love and hope.
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A Reader posted a review at 2008-03-20 02:28:28.
(Language: English)
I recently devoured this book on a trip to Italy. I found it to be utterly captivating, and though the book's mysterious plot was sometimes difficult to cope with, I nevertheless could not stop reading. The plot of the book is revealed slowly to the narrator of the story, and even more slowly to the reader - I won't ruin it here. I'll just tell you to read it for yourself. While the book is told in the first-person singular, the book really focuses on three characters, two girls and one boy, and follows them from the ages of around 6 to 30. Amazingly, I found myself relating to all three of them throughout the book. I suppose I, like most, associate with the main character, but something special was happening here - I was emotionally involved with all of them. It made for an intense reading experience, because everything that happened somehow involved me too. I did find it interesting that a male author could write so vividly about the developmental stages of girl adolescence - I wonder if a female reader would find anything grossly inaccurate with that portion of the novel. However, since the book was given to my by a female, I guess I have my answer. Enjoy this one!
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A Reader posted a review at 2010-09-14 07:21:30.
(Language: English)
I am apprehensive to review Ishiguro's 'Never Let Me Go', the reason being is I fear I lack the talent to be able to put into words how brilliant this novel is. Technically, it's probably the best book I've ever read. For the first 1/4 of the novel, I kept thinking, if he gets off track even an inch, this is going to be a train wreck, but he deliberately and admitedly takes his reader off course and then seemlessly brings you right back on track, never taking it too far, but filling in every detail in the process. It's a heartbreaking tale, with real and sympathetic characters - and even though it frustrated me that they chose to simply accept their fate, I completely understood why. I HIGHLY recommend this novel to anyone who is longing for a book with real substance and not just the weaving of a good yarn. I for one will be heading to my local bookstore to purchase EVERYTHING Ishiguro has written - I need more books of this calibre! The man is a genius!
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A Reader posted a review at 2010-09-20 07:42:35.
(Language: English)
Hmmm- well I both liked & didn't like this book. I found the writing to be what compelled me onward most of the time- it's exceptionally well-written & easy to read. I've heard some people say that there's this great "mystery that unfolds" as you read it & I just didn't find that- maybe because I'd read some reviews ahead of time, but I also felt very early on that even without that, it was quite easy to figure out where the book itself was heading. If you don't already know the premise of the book, I won't spoil it for you here. What I didn't like about the book was the lack of emotion regarding the events in the book- I kept waiting for one of the main characters to actually seem to care what was happening to them & that really never seemed to happen. Perhaps that was entirely the point, but it disappointed me. Still- it was an interesting perspective science gone askew.
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A Reader posted a review at 2009-07-19 08:56:45.
(Language: English)
I was very agitated while reading this book. In the beginning I had a very difficult time understanding the plot, the characters...it was quite confusing and frustrating. And once you figured out what is going one you were even more frustrated. Why isn't the protagonist more proactive, trying to change her life, her faith...why doesn't she run, cry, scream, protest...just do something about her situation??? But then I realized that this is probably how most of us would react...do nothing. Just take it as it is. I think that this is the most realistic portray of human character in that situation. In some of the movies that deal with similar topic (like The Island or Coma or Matrix, etc.) the main characters fight the system and run away or revolt. But is that really how we would react? Isn't it more likely that we would just sit there and do nothing?
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A Reader posted a review at 2007-07-24 02:22:00.
(Language: English)
This is the first book I've read by Ishiguro and it was picked up randomly without prior knowledge of the novel or the author so I didn't know what to expect! I found the novel, as someone put it, "strangely interesting and disturbing at the same time". I enjoyed his prose-style and the fact that it doesn't read like a typical sci-fi novel. It made the story easy to read and it lent a human quality to the characters and their story. Ishiguro is able to maintain the suspense throughout the novel - I was pulled in from the beginning, with bits and pieces about the characters revealed throughout the novel I had to keep reading to discover the answers to the questions that I had. Once you find out what's really going on you realize that it's just like the narrator states - you already knew it, but somehow weren't aware of it. While I felt a certain sympathy for the characters I found their passivity and acceptance of fate frustrating. The whole concept of "free will" was not considered. Also, the main idea behind the story freaked me out a bit! I would recommend this book to those who enjoy dystopian stories.
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A Reader posted a review at 2007-12-20 03:07:20.
(Language: English)
***SPOILER ALERT***This is a science fiction novel in which the experiences of a clone are documented in a future England. The narrator tells the story of her experiences first in a boarding school and later when she works as a caregiver for other clones who have been donating their organs - which is their reason for being. The novel begins with their experience as children and how they were encouraged to do art work. This was an initiative by the teacher's at the school to save their lives in the long run. They are gradually informed of their fate in such a way that it seems they have always known. Sexual activeness is encouraged among the clones because this is part of keeping them healthy and making them good donors. The narrator has a romance with a clone that continues through three of his donations. The clone she is involved with was not inclined artistically and did not realize its importance. The narrator finds and confronts one of the former teachers who admits that there was no purpose to the art it had just been an attempt to stave off the inevitable. The novel as one reviewer said is less about plot and more about feeling and circumstance.
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A Reader posted a review at 2010-01-08 08:21:58.
(Language: English)
Given how quickly I plowed through this novel, it's hard for me to say that I didn't enjoy it. The characters are really well developed, there's a hint of suspense on almost every page, and the way in which the author slowly feeds you clues as to what exactly is in store for the characters keeps you going. The story is about 3 friends who grow up in a "special" school, where (SPOILER ALERT) they find out they are clones bred for the sole purpose of donating their vital organs to "normal people" once they reach adulthood. It's a heartbreaking story to say the least. That said, the story does drag in the middle and the ending isn't so much a twist as it is a wake-up call. Throughout the majority of the novel we are presented with themes such as friendship, love, and selflessness only to have the author slap us in the face in the end with just how cruel and dark the human heart can really be. It's profound and unsettling, but not all that exciting. If you are patient, this novel might knock your socks off. I for one am hoping Mark Romanek and Alex Garland kick it up a notch for the movie adaptation.
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A Reader posted a review at 2010-06-08 11:07:22.
(Language: German)
Dieses Buch erzählt die Lebensgeschichte von Kathy H. und ihrer Freunde Ruth und Tommy. In Drei Teilen erzählt Kathy H. ihre Lebensgeschichte. Von ihrer Kindheit in einer Art Internat Namen Hailsham, von ihrer kurzen Jungend in den Cottages und ihrem Leben als Spender und Betreuer. Im ersten Teil, der Kindheit, entfaltet sich eine einerseits heile Welt wie in einem Hanni und Nanni Internat, andererseits schwebt da dieses Damoklesschwert „spenden“ über den Kindern, denn noch bevor sie überhaupt in die mittleren Jahre kommen, werden ihnen nach und nach die lebenswichtigen Organen entnommen. Die Kinder waren noch nie in der wahren Welt, sie sind ihr Leben lang in Hailsham interniert, in ihrer eigenen, kleinen, „heilen“ Welt. Für das Leben nach Hailsham gibt es Fächer wie Gesellschaftskunde in welchem Fähigkeiten in Rollenspielen eingeübt werden, die man als normaler Mensch einfach so mitbekommt und erlebt. Die Lehrer werden Aufseher genannt, was sie wohl auch in gewisser weise sind. Dieses Hailsham ist Internat und Gefängnis zugleich. Die Lehrer scheinen mit ihrer Rolle auch nicht glücklich zu sein. Da wäre miss Lucy, die wütend wird, wenn die Kinder Fragen über das Spenden stellen. Die Aufseher verlieren sich in mysteriösen Andeutungen wie "Es geschieht aus gutem Grund. Aus einem sehr wichtigen Grund. (S. 55)" Dann ist da die seltsame Madame, die die schönsten Kunstwerke abholt und sich dabei jedoch vor den Kindern ekelt, wie vor Spinnen (S. 48 ). Warum wird in Hailsham so viel Wert auf Kreativität gelegt und so wenig auf Naturwissenschaften und logisches Denken? Nie sind die Kinder allein, immer in Gruppen. Eine interessante Mischung aus heiler Internatswelt, seltsamer Internierung und Abschottung vor der Außenwelt und einem großen Geheimnis, das immer nur angedeutet wird. Beklemmend und doch wieder heile Welt, surreal und doch wieder nicht. Der Autor entwirft eine geschickte Utopie, wie Menschen zu Dingen werden, das akzeptieren, sich in ihre Rolle einfinden und stolz darauf sind. Das ganze Menschenbild oder besser Spenderbild, das in diesem Buch gezeigt wird ist menschenunwürdig. Ein Spender stirbt nicht, er schließt ab. Die Cottages machen den Eindruck einer Auswilderung. Wie bei wilden Tieren. Ab und an mal vorsichtige Ausflüge ins Umlang um die neue Welt zu erkunden, nachdem man sein Leben im Zoo / Hailsham verbracht haben. Man lernt menschliche Verhaltensweisen unreflektiert aus dem Fernsehen, schaut aber nie Nachrichten und interessiert sich nicht dafür, was in der Welt wirklich passiert. Diese Menschen lernen nie Probleme zu klären. Probleme schwären vor sich hin, werden vermieden, verschwiegen und irgendwann muss es dann zum Ausbruch und Zusammenbruch kommen, was wohl auch beabsichtig ist, die Cottages sollen die Jugendlichen, die vorher zusammenhielten und in der Masse und in ihrer Verbundenheit eine Gefahr wären, entzweien. Sie flüchten in den einzigen ihnen möglichen Beruf als Betreuer, in welchem sie Spender auf dem Weg des Sterbens begleiten. Sie sehen Jahrelang das Leid um sich herum, haben keinen um darüber zu sprechen und das macht sie kaputt. Sie sind psychisch letztendlich so am Ende, dass sie einfach nur spenden und sterben wollen. Ein extrem perfides Kontrollsystem. Probleme hatte ich mit der Datierung der Geschichte, sie spielt in den 1970er – 1990er Jahren. Aber damals war es noch nicht möglich Menschen zu klonen, mir wäre eine Datierung in die Zukunft logischer erschienen. Wer hat diese Kinder geboren? Fazit: Dieses Buch liest sich flüssig und spricht auf emotionale und poetische Weise ethische Dilemmas an, die das Klonen mit sich bringen wird/kann. Das Buch hat aber vielleicht gerade wegen seiner Emotionalität einige logische Lücken und Probleme, die nicht gelöst werden, wie die Datierung der Geschichte. Dennoch extrem lesenswert.
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