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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.

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... Klara draws you into her world and we learn as she learns. A fantastic read

From the very first line.....

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The novel approaches many interesting ideas and concepts but unfortunately leaves them unexplored. The story indicates clearly where it's heading, revolves around some inevitabilities but resolves them all in essentially a singular paragraph.

Unfulfilling

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An interesting, perhaps prophetic story. At times a bit slow but ultimately surprising and quite moving.

Very enjoyable read

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This story was a rather u settling one leading me, the listener, trying to figure out just what Mr Ishiguro was writing about. There is always some tidbit to learn and take from his writing, yet this story left me baffled. Not sure I liked it, but will listen once more and see. Read beautifully by Sara Sui she kept the swift character changes smooth and discernible.

Rather confusing

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Great author, such an interesting idea with so much potential to be a smash hit Audible book...but it felt overly long having to listen to such an annoying reading voice. Hers is a mixture of robotic (appropriate since we hear the story thru the mind of an American-sounding robot) and also pleading and naive. There are two prominent English characters that we hear from start to finish and the reader’s interpretation of their accents is on a par with Dick Van Dyke’s in the original Mary Poppins. Please, oh please, get a reader who can do a half decent English accent! Her incompetency (inaccurate, clipped, unsubtle, dated, cartoon like, half hearted...I could go on...it was just plain ludicrous) was distracting and interrupted the flow of the story. Ishiguro is a major British author and I can’t believe he signed off on this actor/reader. If I knew how annoyed I’d be by the end of the book, I wouldn’t have wasted one of my credits on it and bought the physical book instead. For that reason 3.5 stars from me, sorry. For any native English speakers out there or any half decent English language mimics, I dare you to stick it out without cringing!

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