Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

85 reviews

333amreen's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Abandonment, Ableism, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Classism, Deadnaming, Grief, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

sandramarinis's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

This book really made me reflect on ethical dilemmas related to AI-technology. I never thought I would love a robot so much, but I ended up really liking Klara and wanting her to have her needs met. It's so weird since she technically doesn't have feelings like humans do, but she still has a strong moral compass which almost seems like human emotions. It's hard to explain this book.

For some reason I feel like this book would've made an even bigger impression on me if the ending was darker and unhappy. I didn't feel like it needed the happy ending, but that's just my personal opinion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Grief, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Gaslighting, Medical content, and Mental illness

Minor: Abandonment and Emotional abuse

river_jean_sterling's review against another edition

mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Child death, Chronic illness, and Grief

fkshg8465's review against another edition

emotional hopeful lighthearted 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

4.0

I read The Remains of the Day ages ago and struggled to stay engaged. So I was expecting something just as sludgy, but you’d one was endearing and so distant. I loved it.

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Content Warnings

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

dsalazar's review against another edition

hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

Klara and the Sun was recommended to me by someone after I told them I read Murakami. This was a light, quick read that was really enjoyable and had just enough depth to make you think. It focuses a lot on the idea of loneliness and what people do to avoid it, but also what it even means to be a person. What I liked the most was that there was a good balance of world building around the concept of humanoid robots and character development. It’s a short book so it didn’t go very deep, but it gave just enough to keep me invested. Will definitely recommend to friends. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness

Minor: Death and Grief

asienerbrown's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Child death, and Grief

kurumipanda's review against another edition

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: Terminal illness, Grief, and Chronic illness

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

Minor: Dementia

avacadosocks's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Terminal illness

Moderate: Child death

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: Grief and Dementia

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

sandwiiche's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

this was very interesting! i loved reading the pov of an artificial friend  (essentially, a robot/AI?) the ending was a little iffy, but overall i really enjoyed this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Grief, and Terminal illness