Never Let Me Go
Registered by elstaplador of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire United Kingdom on 11/6/2011
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
5 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by elstaplador from Cambridge, Cambridgeshire United Kingdom on Sunday, November 6, 2011
Dear reader, dear finder - thank you for coming here to see where this book has been so far. I hope you enjoy it! Do feel free to leave a journal entry below saying where you found this, what you thought of it, and what you intend to do with it.
A classic example of 'never judge a book by its cover'. I did, and title + cover photo of Keira Knightley made this a book I'd never have picked up but for book club.
So, as it was a book club book, we're playing by book club rules. My one word to describe this was 'dystopia'. I had to define this. It's the opposite of utopia.
Never Let Me Go took me right back to sixth form and Nineteen Eighty-Four. It's another of those wonderfully bleak, understated, British dystopias, where everything is quietly miserable, up until you get a glimmer of hope three quarters of the way through, and then... nothing changes. You can't beat the system. You love Big Brother.
A classic example of 'never judge a book by its cover'. I did, and title + cover photo of Keira Knightley made this a book I'd never have picked up but for book club.
So, as it was a book club book, we're playing by book club rules. My one word to describe this was 'dystopia'. I had to define this. It's the opposite of utopia.
Never Let Me Go took me right back to sixth form and Nineteen Eighty-Four. It's another of those wonderfully bleak, understated, British dystopias, where everything is quietly miserable, up until you get a glimmer of hope three quarters of the way through, and then... nothing changes. You can't beat the system. You love Big Brother.
Journal Entry 2 by elstaplador at Riff's Rather Random Bookbox, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases on Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Released 12 yrs ago (11/8/2011 UTC) at Riff's Rather Random Bookbox, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases
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Released in Riff's Rather Random bookbox. Enjoy!
Journal Entry 3 by faerie_queene at Leicester, Leicestershire United Kingdom on Friday, November 18, 2011
Received as part of a book box, I am not too sure about this one so I will be sending it along for the next box reader to enjoy.
Journal Entry 4 by faerie_queene at -- Controlled Release, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- United Kingdom on Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Released 12 yrs ago (11/23/2011 UTC) at -- Controlled Release, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- United Kingdom
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Bookbox ready.
Journal Entry 5 by 
greenbadger
at Kings Langley, Hertfordshire United Kingdom on Monday, December 5, 2011
greenbadger at Kings Langley, Hertfordshire United Kingdom on Monday, December 5, 2011
Received this in Riff's Rather Random book box.
This is a really quite bleak but unputdownable story of the near future, in which a class apart of people are brought up of a future of making 'donations'. Elstaplador's description of 'dystopian' is perfect. I very much enjoyed it.
This is a really quite bleak but unputdownable story of the near future, in which a class apart of people are brought up of a future of making 'donations'. Elstaplador's description of 'dystopian' is perfect. I very much enjoyed it.
Journal Entry 6 by greenbadger at Kings Langley, Hertfordshire United Kingdom on Monday, March 4, 2013
greenbadger at Kings Langley, Hertfordshire United Kingdom on Monday, March 4, 2013
Released 11 yrs ago (3/4/2013 UTC) at Kings Langley, Hertfordshire United Kingdom
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Sent to Lamilla from the Alphabet VBB. Enjoy the book! :)
Though I actually saw the movie earlier, it was a natural choice, since I really enjoyed another novel by the same author.
The parcel with this book was opened by our customs! Apparently, CN22 was missing. I got a nice piece of official paper [presumably] confirming nothing was lost. I wonder if some of the staff googled bookcrossing after that!
The parcel with this book was opened by our customs! Apparently, CN22 was missing. I got a nice piece of official paper [presumably] confirming nothing was lost. I wonder if some of the staff googled bookcrossing after that!
Sent today to the first person in the ring. Enjoy your reading!
Track: RR965405579BY
Track: RR965405579BY
Received today as a ring from Lamilla! Thanks :)
Journal Entry 10 by alexiapapa at Οδός Λάμπρου Κατσώνη in Moschato - Μοσχάτο, Attica Greece on Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Released 10 yrs ago (8/21/2013 UTC) at Οδός Λάμπρου Κατσώνη in Moschato - Μοσχάτο, Attica Greece
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It was a good book that I enjoyed reading about a future life! Well even so, some situations put you to think and wonder about them!
I left it at a bench outside a tennis court and I hope the next reader will enjoy it too!
The book is released for the Team Russia in honour of the Olympic Games!
I left it at a bench outside a tennis court and I hope the next reader will enjoy it too!
The book is released for the Team Russia in honour of the Olympic Games!
