I was. The ending pissed me off and the more I thought about the book, the more I got mad at it.
Funny thing about black and white. You mix it together and you get gray. And it doesn't matter how much white you try and put back in, you're never gonna get anything but gray.
Lilah ,'Destiny'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Aims - Feb 22, 2006 9:59:45 am PST #9953 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Volans - Feb 22, 2006 10:24:45 am PST #9954 of 10002
move out and draw fire
Ah, the story that made me wish I could go back in time and prevent Ray Bradbury from signing away the movie rights.
Even if you'd come back to the present to find that Paris Hilton was now President?
Fred Pete - Feb 22, 2006 10:32:29 am PST #9955 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
Even if you'd come back to the present to find that Paris Hilton was now President?
Sadly, that might be an improvement.
billytea - Feb 22, 2006 10:50:10 am PST #9956 of 10002
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
It hit me similarly. I had no idea I even cared until, all the sudden, I was a freakin' mess. It was very impressive, because I knew Ishiguro was heading towards a conclusion like that, but when it arrived, it just devastated me.
Ishiguro does that brilliantly. Remains of the Day hit me like that. For some reason, I wasn't as affected by Never Let Me Go, but I'm not sure why.
Hayden - Feb 22, 2006 11:07:55 am PST #9957 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I've heard that from a few other people, but Never Let Me Go is the first Ishiguro novel I've read.
billytea - Feb 22, 2006 12:29:26 pm PST #9958 of 10002
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I've heard that from a few other people, but Never Let Me Go is the first Ishiguro novel I've read.
I've just read the two, but I have When We Were Orphans sitting on my pile of the Unread at home. I like his style a great deal. Someone who can produce such an emotional broadside without you ever seeing it coming is a remarkable talent.
Hayden - Feb 22, 2006 1:26:42 pm PST #9959 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Seriously! I compared him to a magician on my blog. Marilynne Robinson has a somewhat similar masterful approach to subtle realism and emotional misdirection.
DebetEsse - Feb 22, 2006 7:08:25 pm PST #9960 of 10002
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Jilli, I liked Son of a Witch. I may still be living in the land of believing that there will be a part 2.
Aimee,apart from the lack of ending, what bothered you?
Aims - Feb 22, 2006 7:29:21 pm PST #9961 of 10002
Shit's all sorts of different now.
The plot points that were mentioned and never followed through.
DebetEsse - Feb 23, 2006 3:13:09 am PST #9962 of 10002
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Come join me in the land of anticipating a trilogy. We've got the minions building some pyramids. They're quite fetching.