A review by arlzz
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

3.75

I liked how Kazuo made it intentional to have a lot of open ended questions in the plot - it was clear that the reader was forced to accept to not get an answer to whole lot of things. Once you realised the plot and world itself was not the core focus and you’re made to sit back into reading the book as Klara’s ‘memoir’ if you could say, it was certainly a look into the human condition and our connections with one another. Placing it into modern day with the rise in AI, Kazuo paints the likely possibility of people (I.e the mum) in need seeking connection through artificial measures hoping to fill in an emotional gap (the mum losing Josie in this case) but the realisation in the end is that it will never be possible even if the choice is available.