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Originally Posted by Bookpossum
We do go in for euphemisms, for example saying that someone has "passed away" rather than saying that they have died. So I thought that this use of such terms underlined the humanity of the clones.
The title of the book is another example. We know only too well that they have to let each other go, and Tommy deals with this by requesting another carer.
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I liked the specialized vocabulary, the first indications that things were not what they seemed.
As for the unreliable narrator, I see no reason to doubt Kathy's accounts of events, but I think her understanding is limited in a typically clone fashion. Ironically, I think both Tommy and Ruth show significantly greater penetration; perhaps they were a better match at that.