I decided to read Never Let Me Go because The Globe and Mail reviewed the movie so favourably. Admittedly, the plot came as a bit of a surprise...
The young characters in Ishiguro's novel have been cloned for the sole purpose of supplying organs to "real human beings." As the book unfolds, the reader learns that these children are part of a "humanitarian" experiment whereby they live out youth in a boarding school until they leave to fulfill their destiny. This unlikely premise doesn't make for the most exciting read but it does raise difficult questions about human nature: How do we come to terms with fate when there's no hope of escape? To what lengths is it reasonable to go to improve one's quality of life? What advantage lies in delaying the inevitable? And, most profoundly, what does it mean to be free?
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