Review by lucybbookstuff - Klara and the Sun

lucybbookstuff 's review for:

Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

3.25

challenging hopeful reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I am very confused about my feelings around this book lol. It was so weird and uncomfortable but so interesting. I'm not sure I loved Klara's perspective, but I also am sure it couldn't have been written another way. I would have liked some more real information about the future world they were living in, and where they lived (I suppose somewhere in the US, maybe New York?). But it made sense that we didn't get that.

I'm also so curious what the sun's "special nourishment" actually was, and whether Klara actually was communicating with it or not.

I was satisfied with the ending, but getting there was a wild ride and I'm really not sure how I feel about it. Also, despite the actual reading being quite fast, I marked this book as "medium" because it wasn't one I could have powered through. It was so weird, I had to take breaks lol.

Idk man. Not my least favorite book, and certainly nothing like anything I've read before, but I probably won't read it again.

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