I'm having a hard time getting my thoughts down about this one. There were a lot of moving parts both conceptually and plot wise, and I'm so impressed that he was able to wrap things up so well. A lot of that I think is because the protagonist, Klara, has such a singular perspective on the world and the events of the book. Exceedingly observant, but hopelessly naive; a marvel of technology who practices a kind of superstitious sun worship of her own devising. She is so fundamentally concerned with the beauty of the world, and in her role as an AF, that she constantly overlooks her own alienation to ensure the people around her aren't lonely. She's often more human than the people she serves.

Ishiguro is a master of tone, and Klara's voice is one of the novel's high points. Her inextinguishable optimism in the face of the broken world steeps the book in a tragic and beautiful melancholy. The events have a sense of nostalgia that veils the horror and dystopia. It was so beautifully written, and really tightly constructed. A marvel!

One thing I never fully understood was the purpose of Klara's "geometric" vision. There were moments of stress where she described the way that she saw as being fractured and kaleidoscopic. Objects in the world would appear multiple times and in different orientations to her, all separated by sharp black borders of varying shapes. Maybe this was just to remind us that she isn't human, or to emphasize that she was built and can malfunction. It was very tense after

she and Paul sabotaged the Cootings machine. I was worried that the story was going to pull an Algernon based on Klara's anxiety about her limitations vis a vis the B3 generation. I'm glad it didn't