Never Let Me Go

A very haunting, thought-provoking read which equally makes you want to carry on reading after you have finished, but instantaneously put it down and never pick it up again.

The novel is set in a dystopian future where science has forged the ability to clone humans for the sole purpose of becoming organ donors. It’s all the more profound from being told from Kathy’s point of view, a woman who lived her childhood at a boarding school equivalent called Hailsham, where these children are sheltered from their harsh reality that they will become donors.

I really liked Ishiguro’s writing; simple prose entwined with dialogue, but that has huge themes and moral questions poking out of the day to day conversations.

Admittedly, I am a bit late to the game reading this one, considering it was published in 2005 and has had a huge amount of praise. It has been studied for A levels and also was made into a film with a bunch of A list celebrities - so most people have probably come across it before.