21.4.07
Never Let Me Go
I have to say that, after an excruciatingly slow start, Never Let Me Go has progressively grown on me. It now has a spot in my top 5 favorite books of my teenage life! Apart from the roundabout way the author writes, it is a beautifully crafted story that give you a feeling that is impossible to describe. If I had to somehow describe the feeling I'd say that it makes me feel like I thought about something for a long time, without having to expend mental energy on it. Everything Kathy says to us leads up to a conclusion that is neither rebellious or climactic, instead it makes me feel like I just faded into the sunset with a full stomach.
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Reid,
Sorry it took me so long to comment, even though I did make that comment to you in class.
I, too, found the novel slow going at first, only to be quite enamored of it by the end. At times it's haunting, yet at those very same times I find myself moved in a sad way as well. And while I wasn't stopping to put the book down and think (something I end up doing when a book is really pushing my mind), I do find myself thinking back to it much more now that I've finished.
Your last sentence's ending, "I just faded into the sunset with a fell stomach," was beautiful. Nicely written!
~Maretzki
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