Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Klara and the Sun - Klara dan Sang Matahari by Kazuo Ishiguro

14 reviews

sherpa2015's review against another edition

hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Bullying, Chronic illness, Abandonment, and Mental illness

Minor: Classism

qteabeans's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

A beautiful piece of literary fiction, speaking to faith and longevity. Our main character is so soft and contemplative. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness and Chronic illness

Minor: Child death

innerweststreetlibrarian's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective relaxing medium-paced

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

4.5

This book reminded me a lot of Never Let Me Go (which I loved). There’s something similar about  Klara’s voice, a naïveté perhaps? 
Nothing much really happens and it’s a little infuriating that we don’t get to see or understand more about the world (so in that sense, it reminds me a little of The Buried Giant, which I didn’t like), but there’s enough to keep the reader intrigued. I was quite amused by the AFs having their own superstitions. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness and Terminal illness

Minor: Child death, Abandonment, and Mental illness

daisyysobel's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness and Mental illness

Minor: Child death

mariopartygod's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

what it means to live a good life, what it means to be human, what it means to love... the book delved into these themes through the lens of an endearing AI character.

I felt that the AI character was a fun way to dial up and down the reliability of the narrator, with lots of dramatic irony. I enjoyed the ending a lot, where Josie magically ends up better despite what the audience might believe. I appreciated that this story could only occur with a deeply emotionally immature mother who is also seemingly quite rich. I enjoyed the brand of love that Rick and Josie appeared to fall into. The question of whether anyone could accept a copy of Josie... and the parallel of Josie getting better while Klara got "sick". I'm not sure I believed Klara was akin to human in the end, and I enjoyed that ambiguity.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Cancer, and Mental illness

Moderate: Child death

athenium's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Chronic illness, and Death

Moderate: Ableism, Classism, Abandonment, and Bullying

Minor: Confinement, Mental illness, and Racism

prism_'s review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Terminal illness and Death

Minor: Mental illness

trickphoenix's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness

Moderate: Bullying, Classism, and Grief

Minor: Racism, Child death, and Mental illness

fraxisle's review against another edition

mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness

Moderate: Child death, Dementia, and Mental illness

Minor: Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Xenophobia, and Gun violence

piremd's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Terminal illness, Child death, Death, and Mental illness