Book 13 was Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. It was different-a quiet book, and sad. It's about a girl who was created as an organ replacement clone. The story follows her life in three parts-the school she and other clones were raised at, her year or so of moderate freedom after finishing school at 16, and her life as a "carer", taking care of other clones who have begun making donations.
The book isn't so much depressing as sad in a wistful way. The clones are very sheltered, and there lives are very close-they don't mingle with non-clones, and therefore know very little of the wide world. They long for more, but they all know they can't really have it.
It was a good book, very subtle and more about emotions than actions. I liked it-I spent a lot of time thinking about the morality of raising clones to replace body parts after reading it.
Never Let Me Go
Kazuo Ishiguro
1/13/13
Read 1-21-08
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