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A review by veerau
Klara e il Sole by Kazuo Ishiguro
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
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? No
4.0
It starts as a quite chill and perhaps cozy? read, up until half the 3rd part or so when things began taking a turn... That personally I wasn't expecting with that beginning.
Klara is lovely, always attentive and with a never ending amount of hope in her. I can't say much about other characters honestly, Josie is 14 and acts like it, Rick is too but he doesn't, both mothers need a therapist and that's pretty much all about them.
Overall, loved the atmosphere and the robotic POV more than expected, but was not a fan of how some things get casually mentioned once and that's it(like the whole genetic enhancement or whatever, mentioned only once? Or what really happened to the shop...)
That ending got me teary eyed, probably because it wasn't fully how I thought it was gonna end but still, first book in a while to do that so 4 stars are warranted 👍
Klara is lovely, always attentive and with a never ending amount of hope in her. I can't say much about other characters honestly, Josie is 14 and acts like it, Rick is too but he doesn't, both mothers need a therapist and that's pretty much all about them.
Overall, loved the atmosphere and the robotic POV more than expected, but was not a fan of how some things get casually mentioned once and that's it
That ending got me teary eyed, probably because it wasn't fully how I thought it was gonna end but still, first book in a while to do that so 4 stars are warranted 👍
Content Warnings
Graphic: Chronic illness and Grief
Minor: Child death