Klara and the Sun

Klara, an Artificial Friend, is in her store waiting to be sold to a family. When she is chosen by a teenage girl named Josie, she is thrilled. She goes to live with them, and this is the story of Klara's life.

This book was ok. I went into it hesitant because the synopsis did not seem like something up my alley. My instincts were correct. I didn't hate this book. I enjoyed it well enough and listened to the whole thing. But I wasn't wowed by it. I found it to be anticlimactic and boring. The whole story is told from Klara's point of view. Because she is a robot, there is a naivete and matter-of-factness to her inner dialogue that, while intriguing at first, eventually became kind of boring. There were a few small twists in the book that were off-putting as intended, but it felt like nothing ever really came of them. The characters all felt pretty 2 dimensional, and ultimately I felt like this book was just a slice of life story with a robot narrator.

Again, this isn't a bad book by any means. I'm sure there are people out there who would really enjoy this book. It just wasn't for me.

TW: death, depression, child illness, neglect