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Klara and the Sun was recommended to me by someone after I told them I read Murakami. This was a light, quick read that was really enjoyable and had just enough depth to make you think. It focuses a lot on the idea of loneliness and what people do to avoid it, but also what it even means to be a person. What I liked the most was that there was a good balance of world building around the concept of humanoid robots and character development. It’s a short book so it didn’t go very deep, but it gave just enough to keep me invested. Will definitely recommend to friends.

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pil4r's review against another edition

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reflective sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Kazuo Ishiguro es un autor brillante y la mera lectura de Klara y el Sol me llevó a esa conclusión.
En esta novela, Klara, una suerte de inteligencia artificial/robot diseñada para acompañar adolescencias, se conforma cono una voz destacable y original. A través de ella, conocemos este universo ¿distópico? ¿futuro? pero, a su vez, conocemos y revisitamos lo humano, como si fuese la primera vez.
Ishiguro usa -maravillosamente- la ciencia ficción/ficción especulativa para plantear preguntas sobre la ética, la tecnología y las clases sociales pero, principalmente, para articular sobre lo humano, el amor y sus límites, medidas y complejidades inherentes.
La premisa es super interesante y la escritura fluída y, aunque a veces con un ritmo un poco lento y dejando bastante lugar al lector para elaborar algunos puntos del final, Klara y el Sol cumple.
Recomiendo para todxs mis amigxs amantes de las distopías y con mundos internos con predilección por las discusiones sobre el amor, el dolor y la ética.
Espero volver a cruzarme a este autor pronto y, especialmente, a sus trabajos de ciencia ficción.

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julieyael's review against another edition

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challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

I had sile difficulties with this book. I found it hard to understand everything that was going on in the world building, probably because we only have the point of view of the android/AA.

Lots of things are subject to interpretation and I found the style a bit complicated.

Also it’s a bit of a dystopian world, which I am not a fan of, and the global tone was pretty sad in my opinion.

The themes are interesting and there is some reflection to have, but I was not convinced by the point of the whole story.
I found the plot pretty weak too.
Not a bad book, but I would’t read it again nor recommend it.

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amsswim's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring lighthearted reflective slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

This one was very sweet. You read from the perspective of an "Artifical Friend", a robot that accompanies children. I really loved how Klara interacted and saw the world. As well as how her perspective lacked context entirely sometimes, but had too much in other points. I would love to know more about the larger world the story takes place in, but it didn't matter to Klara so it was not in the story. It felt like a sweet, nice episode of Black Mirror (those are rare though). I'd recommend for science fiction people and those who like light science fiction.

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