I just finished Never Let Me Go

So, I just finished Never Let Me Go and let me just say: This book is awesome! I absolutely loved the first part, the second part began slow but made up for it later on and I absolutely did not expect the plot twist at the end. This was a great way to be introduced to Ishiguro's writing.

I do have some questions about Ishiguro's novel tho. For one, I know he is the son of immigrants, so I was wondering if he chose to write the novel like this or if this is actually his writing style, as it sometimes feels a bit awkward. What I mean with that, is that I find Kathy coming across as someone who tries to be posh, but obviously isn't. Her manner of speaking seems a bit outdated and simultaneously anachronistic, as if she were trying to emulate it.

I also saw this argument somewhere before, but I do find Kathy to be a bit 'sterile', as if she were protective of her feelings and not wanting to reveal us everything of her inner world, despite this being her memoirs. This goes as far as her trying to stay objective and act as the adult, but also glancing over details I wish were fleshed out more, because now we get a vague vignette of memories she stresses are still very vivid in her mind. As Tommy once points out, it might also show how dulled off she's become through her years of working as a carer, yet Kathy never mentions to us how she really, I mean REALLY, feels. The story seems to revolve more around Hailsham, around Ruth and especially Tommy than herself. I get it, in a sense that it's a very long love letter that mourns them not being able to have loved each other earlier, but tge affect in the end of her going to Norfolk and hoping to find Tommy there didn't hit me as hard it would if the story were written in a different fashion.

I guess I'm a bit unsatisfied that the novel gave me exactly what I had anticipated from the beginning and so much more, but that the ending was too brief and I didn't get that powerful catharsis I was expecting - which has left me with wonder whether this was done on purpose on Ishiguro's part or because of his writing style.