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Complex characters written extremely well and humanely- 3d.
Kathy was portrayed as neutral in most situations as she would cause she's the narrator and therefore slightly biased. ruth was portrayed as slightly aggressive and self-indulged. Tommy was portrayed as vulnerable and tempermental. All these traits were carefully written.
Loved conversational tone, made the book easy to follow and interesting to carry on reading

fantasmariana's review against another edition

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3.0

3.5 estrellas.
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cebolla's review against another edition

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3.0

What's up with all the hype about Ishiguro? This is the second book of his that I read and it's much like the first; characters that I didn't really get to know, a story that I kept thinking was going to go somewhere but didn't, and an ending that makes me wonder why I finished.

the_oblivious's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

staycy_3's review against another edition

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dark mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Very much slow paced. No actual plots to it. But I actually really liked this book. I think the concept is brilliant and it reminds me of what exactly it is to be human. Cause we don’t really get to know why we’re here. This was an interesting aspect of cloning and what it would look like for clones to live in a world with humans. Yeah. I liked it.
Ruth..???? No. I’m sorry, no. I tried to like her but I just couldn’t.
Oooh poor thing just wasn’t willing to be complacent 😭 and that’s how she reacted to their fate 😮‍💨
And Tommy, his little tantrums. 😭
The ending! 🥺😭
Lovely lovely book!

lcgerstmann's review against another edition

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2.0

I really wanted to like this book, I even tried to force myself to like it. Why do this? I got this off the Dystopias and Social Critiques group reading list and was super excited to get started, this being my favorite genere, and I was intrigued by the concept. However, I was disappointed by the execution of the concept. I'm not even picky about writing style as long as I'm interested, but I found most of the book boring. The majority of the book involved the reminiscing of a middle aged women about her childhood. What you expect when you start reading this book, and the reason I even finished it, was that something strange and even sinister might be involved in her childhood that will be revealed through her memories, and in a way, this is true, but the majority of the memories are very mundane and could pertain to any childhood and when the "dystopian" aspects of the book were actually involved (for lack of a better way to describe these parts without ruining it for people who want to read this book) it was very anti-climatic. This concept has such amazing potential in the social critique category but seems like an afterthought or sidethought in this novel. The relationships with the main character and her best friend (who is completely unlikable) and her potential love interest (who is a complete dolt) are the main focus and not even very interesting. I was even bored by the sex in the book, and I usually like those parts! In summary: boring and disappointing.

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