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Klara and the Sun

By: Kazuo Ishiguro
Narrated by: Sura Siu
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From the bestselling and Booker Prize winning author of Never Let me Go and The Remains of the Day, a stunning new novel - his first since winning the Nobel Prize in Literature - that asks, what does it mean to love? A thrilling feat of world-building, a novel of exquisite tenderness and impeccable restraint, Klara and the Sun is a magnificent achievement, and an international literary event.

©2021 Kazuo Ishiguro (P)2021 Faber Audio Coming of Age Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Science Fiction Thought-Provoking Heartfelt

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I loved this book. Ishiguro once again explores where technology may take us. Artificial beings that learn and their interaction with humans, told by Klara herself. Some reviews haven’t liked the ending, but for me it was right, and left me thinking long after the story had finished.

One fault-the narration. For the most part it is just right, but one character is supposed to be English. As the story is told by Klara with her incredible ability to learn and imitate, she would have been able to produce a credible English accent, unlike the narrator. Don’t let this stop you reading this, but I found it irritating.

Ishiguro at his best

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I got to the end of this book and thought ‘what! That’s it? What did that mean’
So much left to guess about, with no clarification.

I wanted to love this book

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Another brilliant story from this author, Even when I feel I know what's coming the author has a way of still surprising you.

All round brilliant

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Started off well as the story made you wonder what exactly was going on. It was intriguing and the narrator was superb. However I felt the story lost its way in the second half. It stretched credulity to believe Paul would take criminal action on the advice of a robot. Worth reading but not as clever as "Never let me go".

Interesting

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This was a fascinating story to listen to and I found it both thought provoking and surprisingly moving - a book that will stay with me for a long time.

Thought provoking

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Unlike many audible books there was a decent pause between each chapter or section. The reading was clear and seemed to reflect the characters well
The only issue was Miss Helen’s English accent which was terrible! I’m not sure why the author had to set the book in the US when he is British

Beautifully written and read

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10/10 book 100% recommend this! Such a beautiful story and amazing characters and written in such a clean, elegant way.

Absolutely brilliant

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I found this a little hard going and in the end gave up. It may have been the narration as the other members of my book group enjoyed reading it.

I ran out of steam..

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There is a prescient quality to this novel that addresses the reality of artificial intelligence and kudos to Ishiguro for acknowledging this…. and incorporating into a storyline albeit w some both bizarre and macabre events. There is subtlety in his style, with relevant contemporary references, but sections that were simplistic and tangential events extraneous to the plot.

Kudos for addressing current realities !

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What a story. I love the way the author introduces information almost in passing, leaving the listener in a state of slight confusion about what they heard.

Very skillful writing.

Overwhelming!

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