Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

102 reviews

elliebasta's review against another edition

3.25

dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism

Moderate: Animal death, Body shaming, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Sexual harassment

jadams89's review against another edition

4.75

funny reflective fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Sexism, Toxic relationship

Minor: Animal death, Violence, Stalking

bookedbymadeline's review against another edition

4.0

lighthearted reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Complicated

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I loved reading about the store and Keiko’s inner thoughts! I really related to a lot of the things she brings up about what is “normal” and changing her tone/expressions based on the people around her. It’s very similar to how I feel as a late diagnosed autistic woman so I marked a few pages that struck me!

I hated Shiraha, he was so irritating with his sexist incel commentary 😡 I wanted less of him and more of Keiko interacting with customers and going about her daily routine! This was a quick, easy read that offers some great commentary on society expectations and forced conformity.

There could be moments that were repetitive or too telling over showing plus I wanted more from Keiko so for that reason it’s only a 4 star read for me!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Sexism

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship

Minor: Animal death, Stalking, Sexual harassment

ashley_turch's review against another edition

5.0

funny reflective tense fast-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: Ableism, Acephobia/Arophobia, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment

Minor: Animal death

bridge_to_narnia's review against another edition

2.5

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

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The first half of the book was very interesting and insightful. Once a certain character became prevalent to the plot, the book was much less enjoyable.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Toxic relationship

Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Toxic relationship, Stalking

calamitywindpetal's review against another edition

4.5

funny fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism

Minor: Animal death, Bullying

slaywithsteph's review against another edition

4.75

lighthearted reflective relaxing sad medium-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: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism

Moderate: Animal death, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Toxic friendship

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maddykes13's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Acephobia/Arophobia

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Stalking, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Sexual harassment

gemmu's review against another edition

4.5

inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I love quirky and morally gray characters, so this book was really up my alley. I even found the main character quite relatable at times. 

At some points the story felt almost thriller-like - but not for the reasons you might think. Keiko Furukura's uncommon thoughts - although, a bit creepy - were not the reason for my uneasiness at times. Instead, all the other characters created the pressure of uncertainty. You couldn't be quite sure when they would push Keiko, or anyone else outside the social norms, too far. Personally I just don't like noisy people, which probably caused me the most discomfort while reading.

Over all, one of the best books I have read for a while <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Misogyny, Sexism

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Acephobia/Arophobia, Toxic friendship

Minor: Animal death, Stalking

_al's review against another edition

3.5

challenging funny reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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3.5/75 out of 5 stars and I genuinely enjoyed but also in the middle I kinda got confused if we meant to read Keiko as a character and the entire book in general as a satire or its just a nice message and that Keiko meant to break from the desire to "blend in". Obviously in the end it was the second but I think it got jumbled a bit (even though Keiko was hilarious)
Still, the book was very enjoyable and I liked Keiko as main character. The themes and message was also kinda echoing some my personal struggles and long existing thoughts, so that's also nice.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Acephobia/Arophobia, Toxic friendship

Moderate: Body shaming, Stalking, Gaslighting

Minor: Animal death