PositiveThe Hindu (IND)In trademark Ishiguro style, this exposition is carefully layered so that we see the world slowly unfold through Klara’s eyes, at once terribly perceptive and incurably naïve ... Klara sees the world like a Paul Klee painting and so do we. It is an effective narrative trick that remakes the world as we know it ... The novel falters in the third act, where an attempt to set up a twist goes awry. Still, the characterisation of Klara is an undoubted triumph.
