A review by angus_mckeogh
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

1.0

So Ishiguro writes within several different genres. The Buried Giant was his fantasy foray and I found it profoundly boring. Never Let Me Go was his jump into science-fiction, and with this move Ishiguro maintained the immense boredom, but he also added a sprinkle of predictability. I was adamant I would not read another of his books, but many of the science-fiction channels I frequent on YouTube had this one rated highly; and despite the fact, I would not describe myself as overly prescient in figuring out plots, not only was Klara and the Sun just as boring as his two earlier books, but I’d “discovered” the plot and figured out the narrative within the first 30 pages, much like Never Let Me Go. Much too predictable and just a slog. The only question now is, should I read the Booker novel, The Remains of the Day, which is non-genre fiction, or is Ishiguro just not for me?