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Klara and the Sun

Kazuo Ishiguro

Start date: March 5, 2021

Finish date: March 19, 2021

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Apr 20, 2021 Astrid Lim rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: lovely-heroine, fantasy, literature, dystopian, nobel, science, tearjerker

This is a 4.5 stars for me. Almost five, but there's a bit of unsatisfying vagueness that made me subtract o.5 stars XD

I liked Never Let Me Go, but Klara and the Sun is so much more accessible and relatable. What if one day, our lives would change a lot because of AI and technology? The AI will not only take over our jobs and be even smarter than us, but we actually wanted to be like them so we give ourselves to be altered and compete with them.

I love Klara's narrative - she's a very observant A ...more

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Dec 21, 2021 Rebecca rated it liked it

Shelves: bookclub-read, fantasy-sci-fi

This was interesting to read and discuss with my bookclub, but I wanted more about the world. I would recommend to people specifically interested in the genre and AI.

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Nov 07, 2022 Carly Thompson rated it liked it

Shelves: library-book-group, dystopia, 2022

An interesting idea driven book about the nature of love and connection. While I didn't necessarily enjoy the reading experience, this was a thought provoking and challenging book. ...more

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