Never Let Me Go
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By the end, none of my queries were answered with answers. Instead, they were undermined with questions. Gudrun and I talked about it quite a bit. She'd read and enjoyed the book, but couldn't answer my questions either. I walk away wondering if the world Kazuo Ishiguro (author of the book on which it's based: Never Let Me Go
This is all leading up to me saying I think I liked it quite a bit. It's something of a puzzle that I didn't solve, but that I find intriguing. HERE's a link to the Rotten Tomatoes site for it - with lots of connections to various reviews.
Carey Mulligan is a terrific actress, by the way. I think she has the potential to have a wonderfully diverse career.
Labels: Films, Other Authors, Recommendations
2 Comments:
I know exactly what questions those would be and oddly did not experience them while reading the novel. Because it was all first person, I had the feeling that Kathy just wasn't aware of the larger world. So any questions I might have had vanished with the assumption that a less sheltered narrator would have known the answers.
I can see where that wouldn't be the case in a film because it automatically shows you the wider world.
Hi Mary,
That makes sense.
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