Unfortunately I had a hard time reading this book. I had high hopes for it but it just felt flat and hard to get into. I enjoyed Kara's observations and the descriptions in this book were incredible but I was very lost as to what was happening.

It may have been the wrong time for me to read this book or the book itself but it is not something I'd recommend based off of the build up and confusion.

Klara is an artificial friend--an android--who is chosen as the companion for a sick little girl. Not surprisingly, it gets a little dark.

Late to the party but deeply moved by this wonderful book! Ishiguro will now always be an auto buy for me. I had my book club read this one and it was a hit.

I love stories that give voices/perspectives in which we normally wouldn't get them. Klara's voice was very smart and intuitive. Even though she's pretty much an AI, her interactions with others and seeking to learn was a wonderful vehicle for telling the story.

This made for a great book discussion book. Since the language is so gentle, many of my participants plan to use it with their teens as a shared read.

I have mixed feelings about this one (as it appears a lot of people did) and am waiting to discuss with my husband before deciding final thoughts.

I love Kazuo Ishiguro and how he writes characters that are deemed “less than human” by society. In this story he explores the complexities of Klara, an artificial intelligence robot in a near future. Although this premise has been done before in sci-fi, I had expected Ishiguro to make interesting observations on human behavior and relationships as he has done so well in the past. I normally prefer a quiet cast of characters but this story was so underwhelming and lacked any real depth.

I posted on my story about wanting to read something that felt magical, that I wouldn’t be able to put down, and that would be a new favorite. Klara and the Sun delivered!!! Thanks again to @fictionmatters and @theliteraturearchive for encouraging me to pick it up, and to @aaknopf for sending it to me.

I ruined Never Let Me Go for myself by watching the movie first. If you haven’t read it, don’t look up anything about it, don’t watch the movie first - just read it, so that you don’t make the same mistake I did. That was my first and only Ishiguro before Klara.

I don’t want to give almost anything away about the plot, so I’ll just say that Klara, our narrator, is an artificial friend. She has a limited understanding of the human world around her, but she is a particularly observant AF. The book starts out in a store where Klara waits to see if someone will choose her. That’s really all that is revealed by the back cover of my copy, and that’s all I’m going to say.

This book is a page-turner in the best way - not because it’s a thriller meant to manipulate you, but because it’s so beautifully written and brilliantly revealed. I’m kicking myself for not reading more of Ishiguro sooner, but I loved this one so much that I’ve already started The Remains of the Day for my next book.

Even if sci-fi isn’t your thing, you should still read this. Sci-fi is not my thing. But this is a book about what it means to be human.

Klara and the Sun grabbed me from the first word practically. The story and the characters were so well drawn and sympathetic that it allowed such a strange story to be very readable. It will make the reader question some basic assumptions about the way we live and if it is ok, Love, love, love this author.

It's hard book to rate because obviously it's being told through the eyes of an AF (Artificial Friend) so the world looks very simplistic and new. However, it just didn't grab me like his other books.

Another amazing book for Ishiguro, a blend of science fiction and coming of age story, Klara asks the questions about what makes us human. Expertly crafted and a powerful story beautifully told.

I finished this book a few weeks ago and barely remember it, to be honest. I tried reading it in print, but then switched to audio and there wasn't anything about the book I particularly disliked, but it really struggled to hold my interest. Overall, probably just a 3-star read as everything about it was fine, but I clearly won't remember much about the book, unfortunately.

Generally, this particular genre would not appeal to me. Yet, I loved this book.
The author writes in such a sensitive manner about AI that makes you want to learn more. The words make you want to examine the meaning of life and delve into self-reflection. The premise of creating reflections of yourself, and all the good and bad that entails, is fascinating. The allusions to modern-day living contributed to a satisfying and fascinating read.

This was my first of Ishiguro's and it definitely won't be my last (in fact I bought The Remains of the Day after reading this and on a friend's recommendation). It forced me to go slow, something I want to do more of but haven't recently. His writing forces you to slow down and reflect. I was nervous about reading a book with artificial intelligence, but he made it work and I was very pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed it.

I'm a sucker for books about AI and the age-old science fiction trope of discovering what it means to be human, so this book was written for me, specifically. I read it rapidly, I loved every tender chapter, and the comfortable cadence of Ishiguro's masterful writing felt like a return to literature classes of my undergrad. I'd like to sit with another student and dissect the work, just to extend the experience of it. Klara and the Sun reminds me of the melancholy in Ray Bradbury's "All Summer In A Day." Much like that story, by the end of Klara and the Sun, my heart is breaking, I'm tearfully looking up at the sky imagining the loneliness of isolation and the purpose of memory. It's simply beautiful.

I picked up this book because I love the idea that someday humans might actually create an AI that can interact and make decisions. Although it seems improbable that we'll ever be able to create someone like Klara, it's fun to imagine a world where she exists. She is a child like creature that views situations in their purest forms,  without judgements or prejudice.  The author might not give us a straight picture of the novel's world but through Klara, we get a good idea of what it looks like. This novel is a good character study of humans through a different lens. It is a slow paced novel so it might not be for everyone. If you like literary fiction with a little depth, this might be a good book to try.

Klara and the Sun was more like a 3 1/2 star read for me. I was immediately drawn into the psyche (?) of Artificial Friend, Klara. She is observant, sentimental, and not entirely understanding of the human condition, which makes sense, since she isn't human.
I believed her relationship with Josie. Her regard for her, and desire to protect her was palpable. I do still have a lot of questions about the circumstances surrounding the plot points of the book. (view spoiler)
Regardless, I found the people in this book to be mostly terrible. I truly felt for Klara over any other character, and because it is in her nature to self-sacrifice for the sake of her companion, she is likely to have a complicated existence. It made me sad.

I did not expect to like this as I generally avoid futuristic, dystopian novels. As soon as I started reading, though, I was hooked. It takes the reader a bit to understand what is going on as the clues are provided as you read, and I actually googled the meaning of some things in the book because I felt I couldn’t wait, but be patient as it is all explained in time. Despite this being an “inhuman” book, it was very human and that is what makes each of the characters interesting. My least favorite part (without giving anything away) was the clone idea. I think the book could have done without that. Definitely worth the read. ThankI you Netgalley for an APC.

This book was a good take on AI. I thought it was somewhat predictable, but I loved the pace at which the story unfolded.

Ishiguro yet in again in fine form, adding more evidence that he is a masterful depictor of class in our society.