Never Let me Go- Ishiguro

This is the most recent novel by Kazuo Ishiguro. I came to know about him from one of my seniors and thought that I will give it a try. Picked out this book from the book club yesterday night and I am glad that I did it. It makes wonderful read and is a short novel ( 263 pages only ) which I managed to finish in 6 hours. The language was simple and easy to understand, the structure most common.

The genre of the book is romance, love with a base of science fiction. However, the science fiction part is subtler than the plot of love which is mostly tragic. There is loss of love and tragedy all along. Without using a dramatic setting or heavy handed language, he has been able to convey the sense of tragedy so convincingly that at the end you cannot help but feel sad. It is a mature book which stays away from the mawkishness which most novels come to display when dealing with topics like love. The characters are sketchy in themselves other than the major protagonists. However, the relationships and behaviours have been studied deeply. The novel also raises a question of morality and ethics while dealing with the clones which one can see arising in the near future.
That’s about what I think of it immediately after having read it. Let’s see what happens later.