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Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

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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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p2rteltytar's review against another edition

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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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nineinchnails's review

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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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flicklix's review

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emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad slow-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? No

4.75

“I guess you may not be here when I get back. You’ve been just great, Klara. You really have.”

This single quote made me explode into tears and I haven’t cried this much reading a book in a while.

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winkle's review against another edition

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emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

started this book back in march, and finally got around to it in july. when i made it to part four i felt the book was so dragged on that it made me drop the book for almost 5 months, but now reflecting i feel like it was the right place that i stopped reading, because i was met with overwhelming and melancholic segments that made me finally finish this book, all in one sitting. there were many parts that my heart just started aching and couldn't stop. i love how we were given little hints throughout the book for us to figure out as readers how the book's world operates and the limited knowledge we have since we are entering this world through klara's memories.

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acemummerz's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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laurencomer927's review

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challenging dark hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I started off listening to the audio book but quickly switched to a physical book and enjoyed reading the book much more than listening to it.

The book started off slow. I personally feel ss struggling to understand where th story eas headed so I would say if you're struggling... Just hang in there. It all start to pull you in and come together about a 3rd or the way through.

I enjoyed the slightly dystopian nature of the book. A slight glimpse into what our world could be like it we continue to let artificial intelligence take over. Some good and some bad. And some challenges that come when we take parts of our "humanity" and try to change it.

I enjoyed the book.

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kadbee's review

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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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georgia59's review against another edition

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dark mysterious sad fast-paced

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

3.0

Despite the many outside scenes in this book and the movement between the city and the country, it felt a very claustrophobic novel, perhaps owing, in part, to its sparse and vague depiction of life in this dystopian world. In keeping with that tone the dialogue and interactions between characters seemed somewhat unnatural and stilted (almost akin to our now outdated idea of how robots interact?) and there seemed to be little colour in the narrative (despite the Sun's omnipresence in the book).

I wasn't wholly convinced by the depiction of AFs, Klara's AF nature seeming to serve the narrative - astute one moment, uncomprehending the next. I grant that she was still learning but it still didn't ring true. On many occasions she seemed to have an awful lot of difficulty computing what she was seeing before her which, to this inexperienced science fiction reader at least, is pretty basic stuff I would think.

Having said all that it was a compulsive read and I was delighted with Ishiguro's original and unpredictable plot turns. I had no idea where the story was going and that's such a rare experience these days.

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333amreen's review

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adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

The first half was really hard to get through because it felt like the whole purpose of the book was basically just Klara observing here surroundings & so I often thought of DNF-ing the book, but I'm so glad I continued reading. Little did I know how meaningful those observations would prove to be & so the latter half really got me thinking. I think this book conveys a beautiful and thought provoking insight into the human heart, I don't mean simply the organ obviously. I'm speaking in the poetic sense. The human heart. I do infact think there is such a thing, something that makes each of us special and individual.

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