A review by mollyxmiller
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
4.0
What to say about Klara and the Sun?
I listened to an interview with Kazuo Ishiguro prior to reading this where he talked about this book (his newest) and said he wrote it because he wanted to write something more positive, a little happier than his previous work. I can now see why he said that, though it took until the end of the book to come to that realization. Klara is not without the signature beauty and sadness that I have always found in Mr. Ishiguro's work. I loved Klara and rooted for her as the main character. I also found certain aspects of Klara deeply disturbing. What, after all, really separated us from a very complex machine? Klara has a purpose. Klara has hope. Klara believes in the benevolence of the Sun (she's a solar-powered AI) as much as any human being might believe in a higher power watching over them. In the end, I will mark this as to re-read because there is just so much going on here that I don't think one reading would do this book justice. I definitely recommend it!
I listened to an interview with Kazuo Ishiguro prior to reading this where he talked about this book (his newest) and said he wrote it because he wanted to write something more positive, a little happier than his previous work. I can now see why he said that, though it took until the end of the book to come to that realization. Klara is not without the signature beauty and sadness that I have always found in Mr. Ishiguro's work. I loved Klara and rooted for her as the main character. I also found certain aspects of Klara deeply disturbing. What, after all, really separated us from a very complex machine? Klara has a purpose. Klara has hope. Klara believes in the benevolence of the Sun (she's a solar-powered AI) as much as any human being might believe in a higher power watching over them. In the end, I will mark this as to re-read because there is just so much going on here that I don't think one reading would do this book justice. I definitely recommend it!