Booksology 
Never Let Me Go Kazuo Ishiguro
Kazuo Ishiguro won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2017 and has written numerous award-winning books, including perhaps his most widely known novel, The Remains of the Day. Born in Japan and raised in Surrey from an early age, Ishiguro’s England is both quintessentially British and completely unique. I will use these words to explain never let me go And if you have the opportunity to enjoy this book for the first time, I recommend starting with as little knowledge of the premise as possible. I’ll try my best not to reveal too much here.
Suffice it to say, the film is set in a boarding school in the English countryside, and the narrator, Cathy, is a compelling observer of her and her classmates’ lives at Hailsham, revealing enough information to suggest that something is amiss, if not so vague that it slows down the story. Indeed, the curiosities and questions that she and her companions, Ruth and Tommy, explore build tension and maintain a momentum that quickens the pace of a story that is so restrained that one would expect it to be a slow read.
My memories of this book are of foggy campuses, drafty rooms, and creaky old furniture. Each student has their own faction and internal secrets. They fill the hallways with muffled whispers and secret happenings. But what sticks with me most are the big questions that Ishiguro seems to be trying to answer in multiple works. What is that silent nightmare of proving one’s humanity? And the most sinister thing I took away from this book, which is not new to those of us in the BIPOC community, is how banal and acceptable it is for society to force us to do so.
