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Title: Matter-of-Factly Disquieting.
Review: I finished Never Let Me Go this morning and immediately short-listed it as one of the best pieces of newer fiction I have read. It is simply incredible. The novel is original, but remains consistent with Ishiguro's other works in terms of the style and tone.What makes this particular novel so incredibly chilling is that it is all laid out so matter-of-factly. Despite the more sensational aspects of the storyline, this is NOT just a book about clones who will eventually suffer a terrible fate. Rather, it is written as a sort of memoir from the protagonist's perspective, and the more disturbing details float around the edges of the story - never far from the reader's mind, but seldom thrust in your face. The book is not heavy-handed and there is no clear agenda from the author's perspective. It's not even futuristic in nature. It's just unnerving.
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