Never Let Me Go

I think you can summarize this novel in a honestly really simple way: Ruth is such a bitch. I caught myself saying the phrase “that bitch” too many times to count. Other than that feeling of pure hatred toward this character (not really hatred but maybe like annoyance?) I felt myself feeling very little. 

Tbh I don't really know what this novel was trying to get at. I felt the heartwarming moments to be mild and the character development to be as flat as the Saskatchewan plans. I thought there would honestly be more, be more plot, be more characterization of the characters, just simple be more. But instead I was kind of hit with a super cold and boring novel. One where it said something but I felt nothing from it. I don't think I disliked this book that's for sure (this was acc my first audio book btw) but I just thought that there was nothing to be gained from reading it. 

I think that this thing would've been a cool cool thing where it depicted this amazing and interesting group of friends, their struggle in the real world after being sheltered by this pretty sheltered school, and then there was always some weird thing about them, some mystery regarding the group of friends. They meet later and boom u see how the years have affected them, how the act of becoming an adult changed them. And then at the end, boom, u get exposed to the thingy at the end and whatever. idk the ending part where its supposed to be a surprise ig didn't really feel like anything important it was just kinda like, damn sucks man. 

Characters: 
Kathy - some girl who tbh I dint give two shits about. Like she felt so inhuman. Ig that's the point with them being clones or whatever. But there was acc like no emotion coming out of anything this girl did. The main part of this book was ig the little song she liked and the fact that they couldn't have babies ig? but tbh I thought like bruh this girl is not that girl.

Ruth - Bitch. She was just honestly such an awful friend and I think she was the most real part of this book. This idea that this bitch girl who was such a bitch when she was younger, but only realized when you grew older, reconciles with her friends ig and is not so much of a bitch when she's dying is interesting ig. But yeah pretty realistic of this bitch ass friend ig, shows how friendship is more blah blah and sometimes it's blind or whatever. 

Tommy - bro this guy. What was he even supposed to be. Ig some things happened to him but like idk it just bro this guy encapsulates what is wrong with this novel. Just random things thrown on to the character to make them feel like a human when in reality they just feel hallow and empty and idk. 

Adding on to the characters I felt that this whole true love thing between Tommy and Kathy that ruth said they had was just silly. I don't know what true love is but I don't think those two were a good depiction at all. I felt they were just two chummy friends who kinda knew each others secrets. Could be very easily substituted by others. So def not true love. 

Yeah but honestly I just don't think it was that great of a book. Tbh just something to listen to in the background and it's not that sigh what I was expecting. Tbh I only read this book because some really really pretty girl said it was her fav book and I thought wow I better check it out, but maybe that girl's personality is just as dull as this book. Who knows?