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Never Let Me Go

Kazuo Ishiguro
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literary fiction speculative fiction past tense first POV ~392 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

melancholic lyrical uncanny

A literary fiction. Expect dense, literary prose, epic scope. Deeply introspective. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable romance.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 30
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 40
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 60
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 85
externalintrospective
Ending 20
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 80
intimateepic

Content

Violence 30%
noneextreme
Sexual content 40%
noneexplicit
Humor 20%
seriouscomedic
Romance 60%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count98,121
Page count~392 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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