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This book is so sweet! It’s a great little Romeo and Juliet retelling in the form of a bakery rivalry. It’s very cute, and very appropriate for anyone to read. 4/5
-Jessica G.
After starting this book, I had a hard time putting it down. It is written from the perspective of an AF (Artificial Friend), Klara. The story is set in a dystopian world that is unsettling in both its familiarity and in its bleakness. A lot of what made this novel such a page turner for me was that I, as the reader, only knew as much as Klara did. I think it was also interesting insofar as I've never really considered the possibility of artificially intelligent robots being capable of things like superstition and religion. Kazuo Ishiguro artfully raises the question of whether there is truly anything unique or special about the human condition that cannot someday be reproduced or continued by advancing technology. Science fiction, with a heavy dose of the human condition.
-Carrie B.
Although this book took some getting used to, it was an interesting historical look at Ireland as Christians entered the land to convert Pagans to their religion and the internal battle present in a nun who remembers the old ways and can't quite leave them for the new, rigid beliefs of early Christianity.
-Tara S.
A really solid and fascinating collection of speculative fiction/sci-fi short stories. Short fiction isn’t always my favorite, but Jemisin is so talented that she encapsulates whole worlds within her shorts. Glad I picked this one up.
-Tracy B.
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