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It‘s been a long time since reading Never Let Me Go but there are strong reminders and I do like Ishiguro‘s sentimental sci-fi. Klara and the Sun hints at so many interesting issues (ethics, class, race, politics, environmentalism, etc) yet it completely shies away from exploring any of them with depth. It‘s an enjoyable story, I just felt there were too many plot holes and missed opportunities for it to be a great one. 5/10

Harari consistently writes thought provoking, historical, interesting books about our species, intelligence and information. This doesn‘t disappoint and gives perspective about information now is different than other advances in technology. It‘s fantastic and terrifying.

Not exactly “brief” at 17+ hours, I felt like I was taking a college class on AI and the history of communications. YNH shares ideas about how humans network, how information travels and how terrifying our online world currently is and where we go from here. If you have an interest in AI and its future, internet bots, how our online information is taken and used, this book gives you a lot to think about. I enjoyed the ideas I leaned about.

Ironically, this tale about a young android is one of the most humane and heartfelt stories I‘ve read in a while. By turns it seems the narrative might go to some disturbing places, but it eventually ends up hitting right in the feels. Very touching, and emotional. Recommended!

American tech writer, essayist, philosopher and former Fundamentalist Christian, O‘Gieblyn points out similar promises of science and religion as her essays take on this phenomenon as well as transhumanism, AI, consciousness and more. I thought her insights were brilliant. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

“No matter what any tells you, I'm real.“

Perfect book to keep in a middle school classroom library. This book would also work great for teachers to use in reading groups.

This is a adventurous story about the journey of Max discovering a peculiar school for children who don't quite fit in. It's very imaginative and has lots of details. With this book being from the perspective of an 11 year old, I feel other middle school aged children will love reading this book.

For someone who almost always scans the shelves in libraries and bookstores for Ish..., I've actually read shockingly few of his books. I wasn't crazy about Never let me go and I also didn't love this one, sadly. Some ideas were fascinating but the conversations were exhausting to read and the premise a bit lacking to me.

I‘m not sure I understood the why of this enough? Was there backstory I missed on why lifting was a thing? It felt like the world was maybe just different enough from ours that I needed a bit more. But that being said, like always, Ishiguro created this world that was familiar enough to understand but different enough to freak me out about the future, putting me a bit off kilter, which is so wonderfully disturbing.

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