Never Let Me Go

Reviews

ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES' 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY
A GLOBE AND MAIL BEST BOOK
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK
A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR
A SEATTLE TIMES TOP TEN BOOK OF THE YEAR
FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD
A TIME BEST BOOK

“A feat of imaginative sympathy and technique. . . . Ishiguro has a way of pitting innocence against experience, while reminding us that we’re capable of both.” —The New York Times Book Review

“Speculative, experimental, and humanly moving. . . . Miraculous.” —The New Republic

“A page turner and a heartbreaker, a tour de force of knotted tension and buried anguish.” —Time

“Brilliant . . . Ishiguro’ s most profound statement of the endurance of human relationships. . . . The most exact and affecting of his books to date.” —The Guardian

“A Gothic tour de force.... A tight, deftly controlled story.... Just as accomplished [as The Remains of the Day] and, in a very different way, just as melancholy and alarming.” —The New York Times

“Elegaic, deceptively lovely.... As always, Ishiguro pulls you under.” —Newsweek

“Superbly unsettling, impeccably controlled.... The book’s irresistible power comes from Ishiguro’s matchless ability to expose its dark heart in careful increments.” —Entertainment Weekly

“The year’s most extraordinary novel.” —The Times

“Elegiac, compelling, otherworldly, deeply disturbing and profoundly moving.” —Sunday Herald

“Ishiguro’s elegant prose and masterly ways with characterization make for a lovely tale of memory, self-understanding, and love.” —Library Journal (starred review)

“So exquisitely observed that even the most workaday objects and interactions are infused with a luminous, humming otherworldliness. . . . An epic ethical horror story, told in devastatingly poignant miniature. . . . Ishiguro spins a stinging cautionary tale of science outpacing ethics.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Perfect pacing and infinite subtlety. . . . That this stunningly brilliant fiction echoes Caryl Churchill’s superb play A Number and Margaret Atwood’ s celebrated dystopian novels in no way diminishes its originality and power. A masterpiece of craftsmanship that offers an unparalleled emotional experience. Send a copy to the Swedish Academy.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

“Luminous. . . . [Ishiguro] nimbly navigates the landscape of emotion—the inevitable link between present and past and the fine line between compassion and cruelty, pleasure and pain.” —Booklist Expand reviews