克拉拉与太阳 - Rambling Readers

crabbygirl reviewed 克拉拉与太阳 by Kazuo Ishiguro

Review of 'Klara and the Sun' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Just like Never Let Me Go, Ishiguru builds a world that is slightly off-kilter: you recognise so much but there is something you cannot put your finger on. It is that tension that keeps the interest, keeps the pages going. it is a mystery but always a human mystery.

And like Never Let Me Go, the book was exploring what it means to be human, to love, to sacrifice. But this time he gives us a happy ending.

JesseLiberty reviewed 克拉拉与太阳 by Kazuo Ishiguro

Review of '克拉拉与太阳' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

There is nothing wrong with this book. It has an interesting premise, is well written and I enjoyed it. The problem is that it is Ishiguro and so my expectations were high. This is not the beautiful writing he is capable of, nor does it have the insights into the human condition I've come to expect.

If you are an Ishiguro fan you have a dilemma; this is part of his oeuvre but it isn't all that good. Still, worth reading.

Sean Randall reviewed 克拉拉与太阳 by Kazuo Ishiguro

Review of '克拉拉与太阳' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

I know Ishiguro is award-winning and held in high regard, and this puts me off sometimes. I enjoy a lot of lesser-known or not yet recognised authors. But sometimes, you want something other people have enjoyed.

This was very meaningful, plenty of deep symbolism and Klara as a narrator is almost painfully naive at times. This is more often sweet than anything else though, and it’s a fascinating, if narrow, glimpse into what almost feels like a post-pandemic society: one gets the impression the apocalypse has come and it was clever science that saved the day, only to fragment Humanity further in the long term.

Would I read it again? Perhaps, if I came across it. I didn’t feel so engaged that I couldn’t put it down, and yet part of me wonders as to how much nuance and subtext I missed. I was never bored, and although Klara’s efforts …

I know Ishiguro is award-winning and held in high regard, and this puts me off sometimes. I enjoy a lot of lesser-known or not yet recognised authors. But sometimes, you want something other people have enjoyed.

This was very meaningful, plenty of deep symbolism and Klara as a narrator is almost painfully naive at times. This is more often sweet than anything else though, and it’s a fascinating, if narrow, glimpse into what almost feels like a post-pandemic society: one gets the impression the apocalypse has come and it was clever science that saved the day, only to fragment Humanity further in the long term.

Would I read it again? Perhaps, if I came across it. I didn’t feel so engaged that I couldn’t put it down, and yet part of me wonders as to how much nuance and subtext I missed. I was never bored, and although Klara’s efforts almost feel fatalistic and pointless, I enjoyed her depth of observance enough that I wanted to finish.