Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

101 reviews

lipstickitotheman's review against another edition

4.0

dark funny reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Autistic woman likes her job; everyone hates her for it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship

Minor: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Violence, Stalking, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Classism

meleac07's review against another edition

4.25

funny hopeful relaxing tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

4.25

challenging reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I really liked this, and I felt like I could picture the character really well. I felt like it really examined neurodiversity and capitalism and the importance that we place on coupling and so much else in our society.  And wow did I hate Shiraha. I'm excited to read more from this author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Chronic illness, Stalking

jenmcvay's review against another edition

3.75

reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Classism

Minor: Stalking

bookwormcaroline's review against another edition

3.5

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment

aelunny's review against another edition

5.0

reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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A really great book that cured my reading slump and really made me reflect. This is the sort of book that would be perfect for an English class because there are many themes throughout the book and questions that are posed and left for interpretation and while being out of school, I'm really tempted to write a few five paragraph thesis essays about this book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Acephobia/Arophobia

Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria

orndal's review against another edition

4.0

reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Classism

onion's review against another edition

3.0

funny reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Stalking

Minor: Bullying

kathrinellis's review against another edition

2.5

hopeful inspiring reflective tense

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This was a disappointing read. The story was very simple, I could not relate to the characters and strongly disliked most of them. I guess it is the author’s intention, but I was annoyed by the way Keiko let other people deal with her. The ending was okay, but kind of the way I expected it to be. Not a must-read ( at least definitely not if you’re not a store-worker yourself, in that case it might be more meaningful). There were a few good lines though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Classism

Moderate: Pregnancy

juliana18's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny hopeful reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Classism