There's obviously connections to be made here to Klara and the Sun. The stories go in two very different directions though. Reading this one I felt at odds with my own questions of sentience and morality and my current disposition toward artificial intelligence. I'm highly satisfied with the ending, though. It really could have gone another way. That way might have left me in a more untethered state and probably would have gotten some praise from a certain literary point of view, but I don't ultimately think it was necessary. The ending we get doesn't preclude us from deep questions, but it does some small justice to the characters.

If you enjoyed Klara, you might enjoy this. There's a lot of sexual activity in the book, though, and of questionable consent. That may be a problem for some readers.