Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

20 reviews

kellyisntcool's review

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content, Chronic illness, and Terminal illness

Minor: Death

sandramarinis's review

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

unicorn3's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.75

I decided to read this book because I had an excerpt of it in my Vor-Abi. This little excerpt sparked interest, and I can't deny that I really liked the book. As confusing it sometimes was, reading how Klara explores and learns the world was refreshing. Even though we're left with many open questions this book is really well written and nothing like I expected it to be. It's also not something I would title a masterpiece but I can say for myself I enjoyed it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Medical content and Bullying

modrinkscoffee's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Medical content, Grief, and Child death

Moderate: Bullying

maceydowns's review

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism and Chronic illness

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Medical content, Terminal illness, Abandonment, Child death, and Death

quinn24's review

challenging emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Grief, Child death, and Medical content

btrz7's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness

Minor: Medical content, Child death, and Death

falltumn's review

adventurous emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness and Terminal illness

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Medical content

maliap's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness and Chronic illness

Moderate: Racism, Medical content, and Grief

Minor: Child death

lonelamplighter's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-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

4.5

Klara and the Sun is a difficult book to read, both because of the heartwrenching subject matter (chronic illness, looming death, etc) and because of the narrator. Ishiguro has managed to create a narrator that is both reliable and incomprehensible--Klara herself is extraordinarily observant, but lacks the human perspective that we have (and can see things that we cannot). Because of the gap between our understanding of the world and hers, it is often difficult to parse exactly what is going on via her descriptions, but I never felt like I was utterly lost in the narrative.

This is definitely a book that, if possible, you should read in tandem with other people so that you can discuss it. If you're reading it on your own, as I did, I would recommend that you simply roll with the punches. Don't get too stuck on particular details or sentences... drift through the narrative and let it wash over you. It all comes together, in the end. Trust the process.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness and Terminal illness

Moderate: Grief, Medical content, and Medical trauma