I'll be eagerly looking for more from her. As I did.Įmilia Fox was the narrator for this production and she was phenomenal - I can't imagine anyone else capturing the haunting story so effectively. If you enjoy a story that questions society in a quiet and indirect manner, then you will love this story. The magic is in the story's reveal - while it is not shared to the reader in one flashing and climactic moment, instead it is pieced together, pocketed into Kathy's honest and simple telling, slowly tugging at you to reconsider what really should be acceptable. I felt a connection with each character and each emotion - it grounded me to a halt and sometimes I would shut off the audio and think about what had just happened, marveling at Kazuo Ishiguro's ability to brutally mesmerize me. I was speechless and with rapt attention I was captivated through each memory Kathy shared. Certain moments and realizations surprised me so much that I was stunned by the characters' acceptance of their lives and each situation. Suffice it to say that the story is melodious, haunting, compelling, and somewhat frightening. I want you to experience this story completely and go into it without knowing anything other than what I've just given you. To give any more of the story away would mean I'd have to do a spoiler warning and I just can't do that. And it's not a story with adventurous boarding school events - rather it's a quiet study of human behavior, an uncomfortable understanding of what is valuable and true in all of our lives. Once best friends at Hailsham, a beautiful private school separated from society with its own secrets, Kathy begins to share the story of their lives as children, which ultimately affects them today. Now in her early thirties, Kathy's path has crossed once again with two former classmates, Tommy and Ruth. In exploring the themes of memory and the impact of the past, Ishiguro takes on the idea of a. It is a gripping mystery, a beautiful love story, and also a scathing critique of human arrogance and a moral examination of how we treat the vulnerable and different in our society. Kathy H., our main character and narrator of the story, is a carer (or caregiver) by occupation. Never Let Me Go breaks through the boundaries of the literary novel. Never Let Me Go has been such a popular book and a movie with Carey Mulligan and Keira Knightley was recently released which I've heard great things about, so looks like I'm going to have to Netflix that one soon. I'm still not sure what made me fall in love with audio, but now I can never be in a car without one ready to go). Narrated by Kathy, now 31, Never Let Me Go hauntingly dramatises her. (Lately, I've found that my previous perception of audiobooks was either wrong, or maybe I just needed to get used to "reading" this way. Never Let Me Go written by Kazuo Ishiguro performed by Emilia Fox on Cassette. I decided to download and experience this in an audiobook format. And it's taken me so long to put a post together that I felt good about because I so want to accurately convey my love of this story without giving one iota of the subtle plot away.
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