An introspective, meditative novel that sacrifices maybe a bit too much world building and exposition to provide instead reflections of reflections of the themes it actually wants to tackle when it comes to society and technology. I think I ultimately disagree with the points it's trying to make, but I can't really be sure what those points are, or if there's a degree of cowardice in never saying them out loud because they'd be revealed to be of the "old man yelling at cloud" variety. Regardless, I really enjoyed the protagonist, Klara really propels the book forward from beginning to end, and the plot has a nice cadence that kept the momentum going for me.