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Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

85 reviews

hannibanani29's review against another edition

4.0

lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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flowingleaves's review against another edition

2.0

reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This book was thoroughly hyped up by most people I've seen talk about it, however I disliked the plot and didn't find the characters too engaging. On the bright side, it's a short read with good writing, so it wasn't too bad to read.

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lizzzitro's review against another edition

4.0

funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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lolaloupiotte's review against another edition

4.25

lighthearted sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Nice little book.

I liked:
- The setting & the writing.
- The fact that the main character drives the story.
- How the main character goes straight to the point and is honest with herself & others.
- The environment where the story takes place because it is far away from my own environment.
- How it makes me think about how I perceive people via stereotypes.
- The ending & the message that goes with it.

I didn't like:
- Some arguments (especially from Shiraha) are very repetitive & can be a little annoying to read multiple times. I understand the point of repeating it but I found it boring at some point.
- The main character's decisions about Shiraha. Though it fits the plot & the book's mindset.

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jamierose's review against another edition

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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tsjmcgrath's review against another edition

3.75

funny reflective fast-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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meerrettich's review against another edition

4.0

reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Auch wenn das Setting perfekt dafür ist, über Misogynie, Kapitalismus und die moderne (japanische) Gesellschaft zu sprechen, liest sich das für mich viel eher als ein langer innerer Monolog einer neurodivergenten Frau. Sie lässt uns daran teilhaben, wie sie durch diese Welt navigiert, worin Sie Sinn findet und woran sie sich stößt. Ich fand's schade, dass das Buch so ein schnelles Tempo hat und hätte mir zu gerne noch etwas mehr von Keikos Innenleben angesehen. Hab es trotzdem innerhalb von ein, zwei Stunden verschlungen, hat mir insgesamt sehr gut gefallen.

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ate_reads's review against another edition

3.75

funny lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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annoyedhumanoid's review against another edition

3.0

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

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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eleanorcd's review against another edition

3.0

dark reflective 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

This book is fine, but I wouldn't necessarily recommend it. It just wasn't really my cup of tea. I considered DNFing, but it's only a little over 100 pages so I finished it anyway.

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