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Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro ~ Started: 25.11.09 ~ Finished: 26.11.09 Synopsis ~ Kathy, Ruth and Tommy were pupils at Hailsham - an idyllic establishment situated deep in the English countryside. The children there were tenderly sheltered from the outside world, brought up to believe they were special, and that their personal welfare was crucial. But for what reason were they really there? It is only years later that Kathy, now aged 31, finally allows herself to yield to the pull of memory. What unfolds is the haunting story of how Kathy, Ruth and Tommy, slowly come to face the truth about their seemingly happy childhoods - and about their futures. Never Let Me Go is a uniquely moving novel, charged throughout with a sense of the fragility of our lives. This is the first book I have read by Kazuo Ishiguro and it was definitely a great book to start with. I read ‘Never Let Me Go’ until the early hours of this morning, I could not put the book down. The story of Kathy, Ruth and Tommy to me was sad and cruel and the hardest part for me was the fact that they were so accepting of their fate, Kathy’s life was almost nomadic , I felt she had no home to call her own, moving from care centre to care centre while Ruth and Tommy collectively recovered from donations. I also found it sad that Ruth looked forward to not being a career, it felt like someone who is reaching the end of their career and looking forward to their retirement but of course Ruth would not be retiring, she would be waiting to make a donation. I found ‘Never Let Me Go’ to be a powerful but at the same time, very understated, the three main characters accepted who they were and where they going while at the same time aware of their surroundings, I found the idea of the Gallery for them to be slightly immature but hopeful and I felt bad when they found out the truth. I wanted everything to be different for them, a better existence, someone to fight their corner but no one would when the characters did not see the point or the capacity to fight back themselves, and they accepted their destiny. The title of the book was so poignant too, ‘Never let me go’ but in a way they were letting go. I have read books in the same genre, I still think about ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ by Margaret Atwood and ‘Never Let Me Go’ will stay with me.

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro ~ Started: 25.11.09 ~ Finished: 26.11.09 Synopsis ~ Kathy, Ruth and Tommy were pupils at Hailsham - an idyllic establishment situated deep in the English countryside. The children there were tenderly sheltered from the outside world, brought up to believe they were special, and that their personal welfare was crucial. But for what reason were they really there? It is only years later that Kathy, now aged 31, finally allows herself to yield to the pull of memory. What unfolds is the haunting story of how Kathy, Ruth and Tommy, slowly come to face the truth about their seemingly happy childhoods - and about their futures. Never Let Me Go is a uniquely moving novel, charged throughout with a sense of the fragility of our lives. This is the first book I have read by Kazuo Ishiguro and it was definitely a great book to start with. I read ‘Never Let Me Go’ until the early hours of this morning, I could not put the book down. The story of Kathy, Ruth and Tommy to me was sad and cruel and the hardest part for me was the fact that they were so accepting of their fate, Ruth’s life was almost nomadic , I felt she had no home to call her own, moving from care centre to care centre while Ruth and Tommy collectively recovered from donations. I also found it sad that Ruth looked forward to not being a carer, it felt like someone who is reaching the end of their career and looking forward to their retirement but of course Ruth would not be retiring, she would be waiting to make a donation. I found ‘Never Let Me Go’ to be a powerful but at the same time, very understated, the three main characters accepted who they were and where they going while at the same time aware of their surroundings, I found the idea of the Gallery for them to be slightly immature but hopeful and I felt bad when they found out the truth. I wanted everything to be different for them, a better existence, someone to fight their corner but no one would when the characters did not see the point or the capacity to fight back themselves, and they accepted their destiny. The title of the book was so poignant too, ‘Never let me go’ but in a way they were letting go. I have read books in the same genre, I still think about ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ by Margaret Atwood and ‘Never Let Me Go’ will stay with me.

The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson ~ Started: 21.11.09 ~ Finished: 25.11.09 Synopsis ~ An excellent host finds himself turned out of his home by his own guests, a woman spends her wedding day frantically searching for her husband~to~be; and in Shirley Jackson’s best known story, a small farming village comes together for a terrible lottery. The creeping unease of lives squandered and the bloody glee of lives lost is chillingly captured in these tales of wasted potential and casual cruelty by a master of the short story. ‘The Lottery and Other Stories’ is the third book by Shirley Jackson, following on from ‘The Haunting of Hill House’ and ‘We Have Always Lived in the Castle , two books I enjoyed reading. All the stories in the book are different in their own ways but have the common theme of the main character trying to justify who they are, mainly what type of woman they are and given the time the book was written in and the fact that Shirley Jackson was a strong feminist, this book is somewhat progressive in its nature which I found interesting to read, what I have read about Shirley Jackson you see aspects of her personality coming through in the story, mainly of how she saw herself, not in a negative way but as most people see themselves, ‘can I be better?’, ‘I wish I was prettier’, Shirley Jackson explores this with a fierceness which I found to be very individualistic. My favourite story was ‘The Daemon Lover’, the unnamed main character, a woman searching for her husband to be, finds herself looking for him and also questioning herself, you could feel the frustration as she worried about fianc

I ordered my secret santa this evening, it should be winging its way real soon

Stephanie I bow at your patience hen! enjoy yourself

They are fantastic Kylie x

Oh, well its been mentioned and I have missed it, thanks peacefield, its not bugging me so much and yes the commentary will hopefully be hilarious

Good times Nollaig, I think you deserve a good movie night

I am going to see it again too with my sister she wants to *sigh* wants to see Jacob:lol: I have a cheek saying that

I hope he is on the commentary, I still laugh at him saying 'oh naughty!' With regards to the Jacob words, I kind of feel naueous too

The DVD? dear lord girl, get to those movies!, we need the Charm's thoughts on the movie

We all help each other, which is cool

Sherlock Holmes looks excellent