Looking at my blogger dashboard, I can see that Lyanna's most recent post is titled "Let Me Go". It is a total coincidence that my post is titled "Never Let Me Go" okay? I'm not trying to cramp her style :P "Never Let Me Go" is actually what I want to talk about today.


WARNING: The following post may contain spoilers about the book so people who are still reading it, you might wanna steer clear of this. I'm not actually doing a book review. This post will be a little bit different... as you will see. Oh and this post will not make much sense to people who don't know what "Never Let Me Go" is.















Okay, let me start off by saying that my feelings about the book are quite... mixed. I'm still trying to make sense of whether I like it or not. I KNOW a lot of people think I'm crazy right now. It seems like everyone I've talked to have told me that they absolutely love it and I guess I can see why? It's marketed as a "heartwarming story about friendship, love and the fragility of life" - so basically, one of those stories that cause you to think and reflect and make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside. Well not really, since the whole premise is quite depressing, but you know what I mean.

The thing is, I never quite got it. Okay I should rephrase: I didn't feel absorbed into the story or frankly, even that much interested. I know it sounds bad but I'm being truthful here and honestly, it didn't have that sense of ... what's the word? Drive? No. Absorption? I don't know. I didn't get that feeling that I usually get from reading a really good book - that interest that stays with you long after you've turned the last page. And I think I know why.

1. The trailer spoilt it for me. I'm the type of person who, if something interests me, I pay really close attention to it and that's probably what happened to me. The trailer was so captivating and those little hints that they drop along the way, I kind of picked up and latched onto. Also Ms S was talking about cloning and the moral ethics associated with that during one of the earlier lessons and it helped me guess the basic plotline. A lot of people say they loved the book because it kept them guessing about what was gonna happen next. I didn't feel the suspense lol. Cause I ruined it for myself beforehand by watching the trailer.





2. I expected too much. Judging from all the reviews on the books and how people full raved about it before I even got to read it, I was expecting something mindblowingly awesome. I s'pose it is awesome in its own way but I wanted more... um, stuff to happen? Not just reflections. I wanted to see Ruth and Tommy and Kathy DO something. Why didn't they fight back? Why didn't they rebel against their fate? If they could drive anywhere without being watched 24/7 why didn't they just make a run for it lol? And also, the trailer had a part in it where a kid goes, "They found a boy in the wood with his hands and feet cut off." That turned out to be totally unrelated to the story. It would have been awesome if that was somehow related to the plot line but no, it wasn't. I don't know. I felt mildly dissapointed by the end of it. Is it because I've been desensitized by all the other much shocking stuff I've read/watched? Was I expecting a really shocking story or something? WHY am I asking all these rhetorical questions? LOL.




3. I totally did not buy the "love story" between Ruth, Tommy and Kathy. Like WTH. Tommy dates Ruth. Ruth breaks up with Tommy. Kathy turns out to have loved Tommy the whole time. They get together when Ruth dies. O-kay. Aside from that whole weird - dating your dead friend's ex, I kind of didn't feel that Kathy loved Tommy at all in the early years. I get how she felt kind of like the third wheel at times but seriously? Just cause she and Tommy talked about stuff when they were young DOES NOT MEAN that she harboured a long secret crush that she kept buried for like, 20 years. Where was the heartbreak and tension? WOULD you even let your friend date the guy you deeply loved for, I don't know, 7 years, and not freakin' say anything about it? I get that you're a very generous, loving person but GIRL, YOU MUST BE THE FLATTEST DOORMAT I HAVE EVER SEEN. SRSLY.




4. I am a heartless person who can't feel empathy - even if it suddenly bursts out of the computer screen and smacks me in the face. A lot of people said this book made them feel sad/angry/reflective. I just felt... mildly let down. HAHAHAHA. Maybe, I don't know. Actually don't believe this is the reason. Why? Because I full turned into a blubbering mess when I read "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak, so THERE. I do have feelings.

I half want to brainwash myself and then read the book again without any preconceptions, just so I could enjoy it as much as other people seem to have enjoyed it. Ah wells, I'll just have to live with it, I guess. It's a shame though. I would have liked to rant about its awesomeness with everybody else :(

Now for some other totally irrelevant things I have to say:

• I really really really really love the new Sims 3 Generations trailer. When I first saw it, I was like, *yawn* it doesn't really show anything new. But then I watched it again, and again and its grown on me LOL. Maybe its the song: "Time Bomb" by All Time Low. I really like that song.



• My mum really likes Lady Gaga. She totally loved the concert that aired on Channel 11 the other day and won't stop telling my neighbour about it. I liked it too. Her songs might get on my nerves but man she sure can perform and sing. I have become a fan :)



• I always get cravings for ice cream in winter. If I say I want to buy a golden gaytime at lunch, someone please stop me.