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Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
3.0
dark emotional mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Never Let Me Go is a very, very slow paced dystopian novel about a boarding school in England that is no longer in operation. The alumni are unique and in the slowest of slow drips, we learn what makes them so different from other students. 

This book was well narrated and kept me interested until about the mid point. By then I was frustrated with the lack of information and the intentionally vague storyline. I toughed it out to the end expecting a dramatic reveal about the school and an explanation of the dystopian world that was so unsatisfyingly built. No big reveal came and I can say with confidence that this wasn't the book for me.