Her: A Novel

After reading the post on Her: A Novel, I figured I'd start a new section for us to discuss it.
I found the book mildly difficult to read, but I went with the flow of it and in the end, I did end up enjoying the read. Some thoughts:
1) It wasn't until about halfway through that I saw the book's relevence to the class; in other words, it was unclear to me up until then if there were any Queer characters. And it is subtly revealed at that. Charlotte relives the affair she had with Ricky in her mind...and it is only addressed a few more times by the end (the reconciliation between the two, in my understanding, is the central part of the book with them being the main actors in the story, whereas Sunshine/Kali serves as the catalyst). In one sense, this reminds me of the subtlty in My Beautiful Laundrette, where sexuality is not emphasised to the point where it overrides the storyline. And regards to Kali's makeover to "boy", I am not so sure she self-identified as a "boy" and therefore, I am not so sure she should be considered to be Queer (as suggested in the afterword).
2) Just to address the Sunshine/Kali confusion, Kali, in my mind, is an alter-ego or sub personality of the person known to us in the beginning as Sunshine. It is simply a mechanism for self-identification, away from the labels of "wife" or "girl" or "daughter-in-law", etc. Reclaimation of identity.