This book really struck a chord with me. It explores the moral implications of breeding clones for human organ transplants. Think the movie The Island, with way less product placement and explosions. I think the author did a beautiful job of showing the fear and minor rebellious nature of the characters in the beginning and middle, and the quiet resolution at the end. I highly recommend this book.

Disarmingly simple and direct prose; very tight plotting; and a deeply human story.

A brilliantly executed book… the work of a master craftsman in full flight!

This is a well-written piece that is either an alternative reality or a future piece, I never decided which. It’s set in the UK and I can’t say much more because part of the interest in the story is figuring it out as it slowly unfolds. It’s an interesting and different tale, though not fast paced or terribly eventful. The ending left me wishing for more, but it’s probably still a worthwhile read. Now I’m on to less worthy, but more engrossing, reading. ;)

This is the first of Ishiguro that I’ve read and I’m just stunned at what a masterful writer he is.

This is a very deliberate novel. There isn’t an ounce of extraneous language contained within its pages. Every word, every sentence is tight and clean. Every scene builds up to the next. Having read so much sloppy contemporary fiction, it was SO refreshing to read a tale spun by someone who knows how to use language and structure to his advantage.

A great read. Interesting subject matter. Highly recommended.

I thought that this was a fairly well-written book, but it’s not Ishiguro. The reasons I love Ishiguro’s writing: poetic prose, almost ephemeral storylines of self-realization, cultural revelations…. none of these are present. It’s almost like a 360 in terms of approach- very concrete, science-fiction-ey type story line, in very straight-forward language.

It was quite disconcerting.

Also, having just watched The Island the night before, it felt madly redundant. Bad timing on my part.

This is one of the best books I’ve read in a while. I think I liked it most as I didnt know anything about it when I first picked it up and it reveals itself slowly.

I’ve never read any of his other stuff, in fact I didnt know it was the same author as Remains of the Day. That might have turned me off, as I saw the movie and absolutely hated it. Now I’m thinking I should try the book after enjoying this one so much.

Really original! Try it out!

I had high hopes for this book but it ended up disappointing me. Although it was well written, the plot was somewhat all over the place and Ishiguro didn’t seem to have a common thread tying it back together. I felt he could’ve gone into depth about more of the storyline but some part of it always felt somewhat surface. The idea is original but, like i said earlier, it could’ve gone more into depth.