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Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

241 reviews

challenging funny lighthearted reflective
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Funny and weird  in a really good way. Think Eleanor Oliphant. 

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challenging dark funny mysterious sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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challenging funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

This is a review as an autistic person who saw myself in the thoughts of the main character. 

I agree with another reviewer that I didn’t find this funny, and it may be because I took it too seriously. I would not describe the main character as “quirky” - I would describe her as autistic. The disconnect and lack of understanding she has for the general world around her paired with the love she has for the convenience store and its structure read autistic to me.
I was happy with the ending.

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dark reflective sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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reflective 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

hating shiraha isn’t enough i need him to die

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funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

If you like absurdity and campy comedy, you’d like this.

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emotional reflective tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

content warnings for: 
ed, depersonalization, MRA adjacent rhetoric later on

I ripped through this during a few 30 minutes breaks at a retail job and perhaps the setting of service influenced my feelings towards this, but I did cry twice. It's 5 am and I'm thinking about it so that can be a good thing if you're cool

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challenging dark funny reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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lighthearted reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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