Conversation Between Bounsweet and Nolafus
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  1. Nolafus
    October 11th, 2015 10:43 PM
    Nolafus
    Yeah, if there's hardly any conflict, the story falls flat fast.
  2. Bounsweet
    October 11th, 2015 10:28 AM
    Bounsweet
    For sure, it adds the element of realism to any story if there's some kind of turmoil going down. I can't totally hate on happier stories though, quite a few of my favorites have really happy endings/scenes, but I think it's best to cover the board as far as emotions go.
  3. Bounsweet
    October 11th, 2015 10:17 AM
    Bounsweet
    For sure, it adds the element of realism to any story if there's some kind of turmoil going down. I can't totally hate on happier stories though, quite a few of my favorites have really happy endings/scenes, but I think it's best to cover the board as far as emotions go.
  4. Nolafus
    October 11th, 2015 7:14 AM
    Nolafus
    I used to hate them, but then I started writing and now I seem to not be able to write anything else. There has to be some sort of sacrifice.
  5. Bounsweet
    October 10th, 2015 11:11 PM
    Bounsweet
    I agree, the way that Ishiguro released the information sort of subtly throughout the book kept me engaged to know what the hell was really going on so it was definitely effective.

    Oh man, they're my total weakness. I'm taking a British literature course right now and we're going to be reading Virginia Woolf soon, who I've never read before but my professor has mentioned how depressing her writing is. I feel really morbid to be this excited to read her works, considering her life story, but... I just feel like those stories have so much more heart than stories with a forced "happily ever after."
  6. Nolafus
    October 10th, 2015 11:00 PM
    Nolafus
    I thought it was a really good move not letting us know they were clones until the introduction was done. That's what probably set the book up for success.

    I love depressing stories, haha. My friend has challenged me that my next story has to have a happy ending, and I don't know if I can do it.
  7. Bounsweet
    October 10th, 2015 10:38 PM
    Bounsweet
    The concept was SO neat and I love how it was revealed really gradually throughout the course of the book, it actually made it sort of thriller/horror-ish in that regard. That book is so hard to pick a genre for, I mean it has romance, sci-fi, thriller, etc it's really quite unique.

    I'm not complaining! I must be a masochist for depressing stories, they just strike a chord with me a lot more than less emotionally charged stories haha.
  8. Nolafus
    October 10th, 2015 10:33 PM
    Nolafus
    I had to read it in less than a week, so I skimmed through a lot of it, haha. I still really liked the concept and how to portrayed everything. You knew what the ending was, but you wanted it to be different so badly. Just this one time.

    Nothing wrong with that! Haha
  9. Bounsweet
    October 10th, 2015 10:23 PM
    Bounsweet
    Oh my god, I felt like I was going to have an existential crisis when I finished it! It was one of those books where I felt it started off really weak but it picked up so quickly in the second half that I finished it with a good impression, but I do think it was pretty unbalanced overall. Still good, though!

    I have a friend who highly recommend The Remains of the Day, and the plot for it seems pretty interesting and more relatable, but my friend said it's just as depressing so... that must be Ishiguro's niche lol :p
  10. Nolafus
    October 10th, 2015 10:13 PM
    Nolafus
    I had to read Never Let Me Go for one of my college classes. Very good book, I really enjoyed it, although you're right, it's a little depressing, haha.