Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro is a “soft” science fiction book (dealing with the implications of science fiction without much emphasis on the science behind it). Ishiguro fans likely know that he’s no stranger to the genre, having penned other sci-fi titles in the past (The Buried Giant and Never Let Me Go). …
Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four Part Five Part Six Part One Klara and Rosa are new robots in a robot store. They get nourishment from the Sun. When Klara is far way from the Sun, she worries about getting weaker. Another robot, Boy AF Rex (“Rex”), shows up and tells her how …
In The Wife Upstairs, Rachael Hawkins reimagines the classic gothic novel Jane Eyre as a Southern Gothic thriller set in Alabama. It’s in some ways successful, less so in others. On the plus side, The Wife Upstairs borrows from Jane Eyre, but modernizes and twists the story in interesting ways. A lot of the base …
Part I: Jane Chapters 1 – 4 A woman, a dog-walker, walks a dog around the wealthy Thornfield Estates subdivision of Mountain Brook, Alabama. She lives in the less-affluent town of Center Point. Today, she walks Bear in the rain for Mrs. Reed. She ends up standing in the street when a slick red sports …
Prologue 1921 1934 1935 1936 Epilogue Prologue A woman narrates that she moved west in search of the American Dream. But the land turned against them, resulting in poverty and hardship. She thinks about the women of the Great Plains had do to survive… In the prologue, the narrator makes a pointed statement about how …
