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BOOK REVIEW: Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

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Publication Date:  March 2, 2021 Format:  Kindle Genre:   Dystopian Fiction Publisher:  Vintage Length:  418  pages Buy:    Kindle  |  Audiobook  Synopsis Here is the story of Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities, who, from her place in the store, watches carefully the behavior of those who come in to browse, and of those who pass on the street outside. She remains hopeful that a customer will soon choose her.  Klara and the Sun  is a thrilling book that offers a look at our changing world through the eyes of an unforgettable narrator, and one that explores the fundamental question: what does it mean to love? Review:  I completely understand the ...

ARC Review: The City of Mirrors: A Novel (book 3 of the Passage) by Justin Cronin

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Release Date:  May 24 2016 Publisher:  Ballantine Books Format:  Kindle Pages:  624 pages Genre:  fiction, scifi, fantasy, horror Buy:   Kindle  |  Hardcover Synopsis: The world we knew is gone. What world will rise in its place? The Twelve have been destroyed and the terrifying hundred-year reign of darkness that descended upon the world has ended. The survivors are stepping outside their walls, determined to build society anew—and daring to dream of a hopeful future. But far from them, in a dead metropolis, he waits: Zero. The First. Father of the Twelve. The anguish that shattered his human life haunts him, and the hatred spawned by his transformation burns bright. His fury will be quenched only when he destroys Amy—humanity’s only hope, the Girl from Nowhere who grew up to rise against him. One last time light and dark will clash, and at last Amy and her friends will know their fate. Review: I was so excited when I saw that th...