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Title: How to Transform a Great Premise into a Terrible Story
Review: What a premise! What an idea for a fantastic science-fiction novel! What a terrible story that was written. Instead of focusing on the premise of the story (cloning, morality issues, lack of family, lack of history, the crimes against humanity), Ishiguro focuses on the boring, childish, and uninteresting lives of school children, barely touching upon the premise of the book until more than two-thirds the way through. This was not touching, or intresting, and it really should have been. Ishiguro tried to ring it all in at the end, piling up the "moving" elements of the story, but it was too little to late. Furthermore, he relied upon ridiculous exposition to fill us readers in on how this alternate world came to be. I was equally disappointed with Ishiguro's "When We Were Orphans." This is my last book of his. Read at your own risk.
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