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My Murder | Katie Williams

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Blh87 Oooh, how exciting! I have this one hanging out on my bookshelf. 2d

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Billypar

Never Let Me Go | Kazuo Ishiguro

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I've read three novels from Ishiguro now and each one (tagged, Remains of the Day, and The Buried Giant) have been so different that they don't even seem to me like they're from the same author. For this one, it seemed like he was doing a Margaret Atwood impression - not in a copycat way, just the themes and style of storytelling. And even though it's my least favorite of the three, that has more to do about the strength of the other two 👇

Billypar I don't read dystopias very often, but this was the exact kind I liked: I was 100% convinced about the reality of the world without the book having to stop and spell out every last detail. And there's an engaging mystery at its core that reminded me of how the best coming of age stories have the characters trying to figure out some kind of essential truth about the world of adults, often with discouraging results. Eerie, but also emotional. 1mo

BarbaraBB Fab review. This was my first dystopian novel ever and I loved it. 1mo

Cathythoughts Great review 👏🏻 (edited) 1mo

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Billypar @BarbaraBB The plot arc reminded me a lot of 1984, which was probably the first dystopia I read. 1mo

BarbaraBB I get why it did. It reminded me mostly of

Under the Skin

Billypar @BarbaraBB Ooh, that one sounds good - I'll have to check it out. 4w

BarbaraBB It‘s so scary! But good. 4w

Suet624 @barbarabb said exactly what I was going to say. 4w

BarbaraBB @Suet624 But of course my friend 😉 4w

Billypar @Suet624 Wait, was it reading 1984 as your first dystopia or this reminding you of Under the Skin? 4w

Suet624 It was my first dystopian novel and I really loved it 4w

Billypar @Suet624 Oh right, Never Let Me Go is what I meant. I haven't read a ton of dystopias, but I would definitely recommend it to readers who are new to the genre. 4w

Suet624 Sorry - I think I'm not responding clearly. I meant that Never Let Me Go was the first dystopian novel I had read - (in fact, at the time I didn't even know the term) - and I loved it and was also haunted by it. I recommended it to others but always with some hesitation. I wasn't sure how it would affect the folks I was referring it to. 4w

Billypar @Suet624 I have this recurring thing where I just blurt out a book recommendation and only later remember specific things in it that others may not like. 3w

Suet624 Right…exactly. I also tend to read depressing books and I‘ve had some people just say while chuckling, “yeah, no. Not interested in your recommendations.” 3w

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Soubhiville

My Murder | Katie Williams

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Another book I was inspired to read after seeing the author at TX Book Fest.

5 women are cloned after being murdered by a serial killer. This is from the point of view of Louis, who was killed while running in her city‘s park.

An interesting aspect was that Louis had a daughter who was just 3 months old when she was killed, and her clone‘s relationship with her daughter.

The ending was unexpected for me, in a good way.

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 6mo

AmyG I think I have this. Sounds fascinating. 6mo

bookishbitch Sounds super interesting. Also, your kitty is so beautiful. 6mo

Leftcoastzen 😻👏 6mo

CatLass007 Your kitty is definitely beautiful. The Cat Rapper sings about his Sphynx cats. I have added this book to my ever growing Audible wishlist. (edited) 6mo

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Jgacreations

My Murder | Katie Williams

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It was good. I read it pretty quick. Wish the ending was a little better but I did enjoy it.

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midhun.j.zacharia

Never Let Me Go | Kazuo Ishiguro

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The author truly makes the reader feel what the characters feel (even that which is not said out aloud). I would really recommend this short but powerful read!

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Nathan_Opland-Dobs

Never Let Me Go | Kazuo Ishiguro

so-so

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Never Let Me Go | Kazuo Ishiguro

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Robotswithpersonality

My Murder | Katie Williams

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The Echo Wife meets How to be Eaten and The Final Girl's Support Group.
I am very glad I did not figure out what was going on until the reveal - I'm even more relieved this was not a 'the husband did it' plot.
I really admire the book for presenting the doubt in motherhood, and a character who is not shamed for deciding that motherhood and marriage were not right for her only after having tried it. 1/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/? The main perspective is that of the woman who chooses to be a wife and mother, who wants to stay, so subjectively the judgement could be there, but the narrative leaves room for an individual to make their own choice.
The commentary is clear on which figure society sees as more sympathetic - the young mother being the role model victim - the original clandestinely slipping away to a new life 12mo

Robotswithpersonality 3/? - though that probably has more to do with the fact that she can't just pop up without creating issues for the cloning company and possibly herself given the murder investigation.
I'll admit for a while there I was more enamoured of the first half than the second, when the first had the literary sci fi bent of examining how a woman fits back into her life as a clone of a previous self, how a VR setting could provide intimacy, 12mo

Robotswithpersonality 4/? could provide catharsis for murder victims - though I guess that last one's more a second half revelation; how the serial killer and the cloning board both seem to view the women as special and yet homogenous, replaceable, the idea of women feeling devalued, unrecognized even as they're unable to escape public attention. 12mo

Robotswithpersonality 5/? Then there are the non sci fi related questions around dealing with a sense of self, mortality, vulnerability, being a woman not automatically meaning victim, even as trauma, as media, as society keeps trying to attach that label; the struggle for control, obviously the concerns about trying to be a good mother, worries about connecting to one's child, physically and emotionally, even before post partum depression is suggested. 12mo

Robotswithpersonality 6/6 Because the second half shifted into murder mystery mode I thought I was losing the contemplative pieces but the last revelations, the choices available, the role cloning actually played, that the husband actually played, really worked for me.
Similar to The Echo Wife, all the comps above, really, I enjoyed how this worked out way more than I thought I would. Adding another 'clones' book to my favourites pile!

⚠️mentions of domestic abuse (edited) 12mo

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Robotswithpersonality

My Murder | Katie Williams

EXCELLENT word.

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