MarsUltor05 t1_jczhusy wrote on March 20, 2023 at 7:07 PM

I have to disagree with you on Klara and the Sun. I do tend to think it lacks a bit of originality at some points, but I found it to be such an excellently executed novel that was just as heart-wrenching and thought-provoking as his others.

Unless a reader only has enough time or interest (the idea of this baffles me) to read one or two of Ishiguro’s works, I don’t think it’s worth missing Klara and the Sun.

It’s almost universally agreed that When We Were Orphans was a bit of a misfire by Ishiguro though!

icarusrising9 t1_jd00jfd wrote on March 20, 2023 at 9:07 PM

Klara and the Sun was actually my intro to Ishiguro and I found it wonderful!

KikiCanuck t1_jd0vr13 wrote on March 21, 2023 at 12:45 AM

My sister read Klara and the Sun, as her first Ishiguro, and loved it. So, so much. So much that I started crying because I knew that Never Let Me Go was waiting under the Christmas tree to blow her mind and devastate her soft little heart, and retroactively tarnish her memory of Klara and the Sun. I'm the worst.

icarusrising9 t1_jd1v46a wrote on March 21, 2023 at 6:01 AM

I got my brother Never Let Me Go this past Christmas too, what a crazy coincidence! XD (he loved it)

booksandsweets t1_jd2k48f wrote on March 21, 2023 at 11:43 AM

Same!

orangeroses_ t1_jd0iakc wrote on March 20, 2023 at 11:08 PM

Klara was my first and it floored me! And I think set the stage well for the subtleties of The Remains of the Day in my opinion. Never Let Me Go is my next!

kavsekr t1_jd1akck wrote on March 21, 2023 at 2:34 AM

Agreed. I read Never Let Me Go as my first Ishiguro novel, followed by Remains of the Day later, and then Klara and the Sun after that. I think the part of Klara that really left an impression for me was the specific way that you see the world through Klara's mind. It has a much different feel to it compared to the other novels, and I think its definitely worth a read.

I should try to read some of his other stuff too, but I guess I'll skip When We Were Orphans then.

Lilburrito502 t1_jd181c4 wrote on March 21, 2023 at 2:15 AM

Thank you for this! It was my first Ishiguro novel and remains my (personal) favorite. I don’t really get the criticism toward it

redditismyrockbottom t1_jd3rwe3 wrote on March 21, 2023 at 5:03 PM

>it belongs to a different book.
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>And then, the reveals to the mysteries feels almost senseless. The answers to every question are just told to use in the end by what amounts to a man stand

completely disagree i loved When We Were Orphans but I'm a big Ishiguro-head