Has nobody posted yet? Gasp!
I knew it was organ donation from the very first time the word "donation" was mentioned, a little bit before that, actually... However, I didn't get the cloning thing until a lot later. I'm not sure why, but it just didn't click until it was explicitly mentioned. For many reasons I think it was better that way, it was much more of a mystery, and when everything was finally revealed in the last ~50 pages, it just seemed all so perfect and beautifully meshed.
When I finished NLMG, I just closed the book and sat down. And stayed like that for a couple of moments. Just like that.
When I finished NLMG, I just closed the book and sat down. And stayed like that for a couple of moments. Just like that.
Yes!! It was just so... powerful and moving (and yes, innocent, but that's part of what made it so... wow)- I found the time jumps a bit confusing the first time I read it, too, but reading it for the second time now, they make more sense because I know the general plotline already.
When I finished NLMG, I just closed the book and sat down. And stayed like that for a couple of moments. Just like that.
Yes!! It was just so... powerful and moving (and yes, innocent, but that's part of what made it so... wow)- I found the time jumps a bit confusing the first time I read it, too, but reading it for the second time now, they make more sense because I know the general plotline already.
Ah, I know, me too! I finished reading, just set the book down, and thought for a few minutes, trying to preserve the feeling of complete satisfaction that comes with a PERFECT ending. (Book ending, that is. Not... Ah, nevermind. *yanks mind out of gutter*) I didn't want to read another book for a few days, because NLMG was just so perfect.
I admire Kazuo Ishiguro's writing style more than any other authors, not to mention his simple language.
Writers often put in complicated things that make you feel quite dim for not understanding..
Another problem. Repeat donations. I might just be missing something stupid here, but generally speaking, you lose a major organ, you die. So what are they going in repeatedly for? There's only a few things you can donate while still having time to live (briefly) between donations... kidneys, lung lobes, etc. (Not counting blood/marrow since that can be donated by anyone.) How does this work? This bothered me so much... so if I'm doing something stupid, yell at me before I get worked up about it.
Hmm... you can definitely donate one of your kidneys. Blood/marrow donations could be repeated... Lung lobes, not sure, but I'll trust you. And pieces of the liver; let it regenerate and then grab another chunk.
So that's about four different organs... four donations, and then they die.
Yeah, I agree about the practicality stuff.This is another one of those "soft" sci-fi books... use psuedoscience and leave it unexplained and ignore them, but focus on the characters and stuff.
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