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Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

48 reviews

trailmixraisins's review

dark emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

I had to sit on the review for this one for a while, since I couldn’t really make up my mind on how I felt, but after reading Never Let Me Go, I appreciate Klara a lot more. It’s both dark but lighthearted because Klara herself has a limited capacity of understanding what’s truly going on as well as a nonchalant attitude about being a robot. I personally also loved the little gimmick of programming them to worship the sun because they’re solar-powered. It’s a bittersweet read that can get a little slow at parts but somehow ends on a positive note.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Minor: Bullying and Child death

p2rteltytar'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? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness and Terminal illness

Moderate: Child death, Grief, and Classism

Minor: Bullying

jrow's review against another edition

hopeful slow-paced

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

4.25

It was a nice read through the eyes of such a hopeful character.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Terminal illness, and Classism

Minor: Bullying and Child death

nineinchnails's review

emotional mysterious reflective medium-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? Yes

5.0

i genuinely really loved this but it’s been almost a month since i read it so i can’t remember why i liked it so much

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness and Terminal illness

Moderate: Child death, Death, Grief, Abandonment, and Classism

Minor: Bullying

kadbee's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Grief, and Classism

Moderate: Ableism and Bullying

sburchart's review

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Self harm, and Terminal illness

kurumipanda's review

emotional hopeful 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Terminal illness, and Grief

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Emotional abuse, and Classism

Minor: Dementia

arlaubscher's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Slavery, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Dementia and Grief

Minor: Bullying, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Gaslighting, and Classism

julieyael's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Death, and Classism

Minor: Mental illness

amsswim's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, and Grief

Minor: Cursing and Terminal illness