A review by ktbananas
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

dark slow-paced

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

Ishiguro spins up a believable future where humans keep humanoid robots and the line between humanity and artificial intelligence becomes blurred. Like many technologies, the robots have a golden period where an older, less capable model becomes a cult classic. Klara is one of these. She represents the best case scenario for how ai could serve humans meanwhile there are other examples of less desirable outcomes. Technological revolutions are messy. Fiction like this helps us process the good and bad of what might come.