A review by applesodaperson
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

emotional reflective 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? No

4.25

This is honestly one of the most unique books I have read in a long time. And its not that the premise is entirely unique, because the android servant plot has been done before in media like Detroit: Become Human, but it was unique in the way the it utilized this premise. Because it makes the main character an android as a way to explore what a person with no sense of society, the world, or religion, is able to discover on their own. It is less about android ethics and what Klara thinks about being an android, but more on how she perceives the world from her unique pov. The connections she made between different events were so interesting, and it was cool to watch how she basically invented her own religion through her observations that even has its own deity and rules. She comes from such a naive perspective that she is able to notice things that other people don't. I think the author did a great job of writing her as naive and like a child. 
The ending also left me feeling so hollow in a way. It felt very bittersweet because even after all she has learned and experienced, she is left to waste away. But she doesn't even have the capacity to feel sad about this ending.

Yeah this book was very good and very emotional. 
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