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Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

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biancalayog's review against another edition

reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

Really strong first half, falls slightly short in the part immediately following it and I have mixed feelings about the ending but am ultimately satisfied with it.

eamcmahon3's review against another edition

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3.0

I went back and forth on how to rate this. In some senses, it's a 5, easily.

It was quite an odd book. I liked it, but it was very strange. I can't put my finger on it

glorianakafu's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad slow-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? It's complicated

3.75

braxwall's review against another edition

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reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

Detta är en värld där ambitiösa föräldrar skaffar artificiella vänner (AV) som stöd och fö bättrare till sina barn. Vi får följa huvudpersonen Klara som är AV. Det är ett listigt berättarknep att låta AVs analys av mänskligt beteende utgöra perspektivet eftersom läsaren tolkar det som berättas på ett annat sätt än huvudpersonen befinner sig i en inlärningensprocess och ännu och inte förstår allt den upplever. Det speglar
Mänskligt hopp och naivitet i för tekniken men också maskinell vdskeplighet baserat på begränsad kunskap om kontexten. Givetvis infinner sig också frågan om gränsen mellan människa och maskin och vad det mänskliga består i. Författarens svar verkar vara att det unika inte finns i individen i sig själv utan uppstår genom andra medvetandegörande. Jag är inte helt övertygad men boken är helt klart läsvärd.

rafritz1's review against another edition

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challenging hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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ktbananas's review against another edition

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dark slow-paced

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

Ishiguro spins up a believable future where humans keep humanoid robots and the line between humanity and artificial intelligence becomes blurred. Like many technologies, the robots have a golden period where an older, less capable model becomes a cult classic. Klara is one of these. She represents the best case scenario for how ai could serve humans meanwhile there are other examples of less desirable outcomes. Technological revolutions are messy. Fiction like this helps us process the good and bad of what might come.