Reviews with content warning for Acephobia/Arophobia - Convenience Store Woman

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Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

66 reviews

queerfrog2's review against another edition

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emotional funny inspiring reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I‘m in love💜 (in a queerplatonic way)

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jamierose's review against another edition

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Autistic readers proceed with caution. The main character is clearly coded as autistic, and while at the beginning I found her portrayal exaggerated but realistic, as the book goes on I found it became uncomfortable and hurtful as she was portrayed as basically emotionless, machine-like and even describes herself at the end as "not human" because she feels she doesn't fit into the view of a normal society. The family who are supposed to be loving and supporting are just waiting for her to be "cured" and she faces continued misogyny and ableism throughout the book.

I am only one person and I have read other autistic reviewers who say they related to her, but the way she was presented to me personally was very unpleasant to read, and since the only other main aspect of the plot involves

a misogynistic, unpleasant, manipulative male character who tries to use her to live an easy life

there was nothing to redeem it.

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leanneymu's review against another edition

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reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

The cover describes this one as "hilarious" but I'd say it was more wry and knowing, than funny in the usual sense.

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robinsong's review against another edition

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funny hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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annoyedhumanoid's review against another edition

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reflective slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

unfortunately disappointing. even though it was so short, i was bored and found myself impatiently checking how much was left. i think it had a good thing going with its subversion of the marriage of convenience trope (note this is by no means a romance), but it only scratches the surface. not a fan of the translation, the prose is awkward at times and everyone's dialogue is unrealistic, though i enjoyed the narrator's voice and felt at home with her in the convenience store. the best part of this was the essay included at the very end: it was the essence of this book boiled down into its best parts, i'd recommend just reading that 😕 (https://lithub.com/sayaka-muratas-love-letter-to-a-convenience-store/)

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