20. "Never Let Me Go" is frustrating...but is that the point?

Shoulda Books · Apr 30, 2026 · 42m

I unpack Kazuo Ishiguro's 2005 classic "Never Let Me Go".

I dive into some of the questions that philosophers have asked for millennia, vent some of my frustrations with the characters, and take a peek at a very specific branch of science you don't hear much about today.

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this month, we read "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro https://bookshop.org/a/120498/9781400078776

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