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Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
KLARA AND THE SUN by KAZUO ISHIGURO
This book started off so beautifully. I was fully invested in Klara the AF (artificial friend) and really enjoyed watching her develop. I loved the fact that Ishiguro never once patronised his reader and never supplied any information unless it felt natural in conversation; no over the top, shoe horned explanations. He simply told the story and it was up to the reader to pay attention and to be patient enough to wait for the answers. This gave it the effect of a real page-turner!
There was a flip side to this type of storytelling and that is that I constantly felt like I was missing something that I should have known. If only I’d trusted Ishiguro’s process and understood that I knew everything that he wanted me to know when I knew it.
After finishing the novel, I was still left with unanswered questions, but I’m not mad about that. I think it’s nice to read books that don’t tie everything up into a neat bow.
Reading has massively slowed down over the past few months and I’m looking forward to reading a lot more in the new year. But I am glad I finished this one before the end of the month.
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This book started off so beautifully. I was fully invested in Klara the AF (artificial friend) and really enjoyed watching her develop. I loved the fact that Ishiguro never once patronised his reader and never supplied any information unless it felt natural in conversation; no over the top, shoe horned explanations. He simply told the story and it was up to the reader to pay attention and to be patient enough to wait for the answers. This gave it the effect of a real page-turner!
There was a flip side to this type of storytelling and that is that I constantly felt like I was missing something that I should have known. If only I’d trusted Ishiguro’s process and understood that I knew everything that he wanted me to know when I knew it.
After finishing the novel, I was still left with unanswered questions, but I’m not mad about that. I think it’s nice to read books that don’t tie everything up into a neat bow.
Reading has massively slowed down over the past few months and I’m looking forward to reading a lot more in the new year. But I am glad I finished this one before the end of the month.
#kazuoishiguro #klaraandthesun #book #bookstagram #bookrecommendations #bookreviewfeatures #bookreview #bookrecommendation #bookreader #bookreviewer #bookreviews #bookreading #bookstagrammer