Klara and the Sun

Klara and the Sun

1901 • 418 pages

Ratings454

Average rating3.8

15

This was a weird weird book. I wish I've read it as part of a buddy-read/ book club as I would be able to discuss my thoughts and theories. I can see why this book has such polarized opinions and why it doesn't work for some readers.

The story happens in the future, and it is told through Klara's eyes, an artificial friend, from the time she's at the store, waiting to be bought, to her time with a family. Through Klara we see bits of what it might mean to be human and some of the challenges we might face while adapting to a world heavily populated by robots.

What I liked about the book:
- The prose is beautiful and compelling
- Seeing Klara evolve through her interactions with the world

What I think it could have been better:
- This is supposed to be a sci-fi book and the science in it was very vague

I find this book difficult to rate due to its ambiguous/ open ending. I'll go for 3.5 stars, rounded up to 4.

July 19, 2022