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emotional
reflective
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:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny, Gaslighting
Minor: Animal death, Chronic illness, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship
dark
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book is easily read in one sitting. I wouldn't say I enjoyed the story, but it prompted a lot of thoughts on acceptability, normality, and finding your way when you don't fit. There is never a diagnosis, but the main character Keiko is autism coded. The book is descriptive of masking and how she tries to mimic others to appear normal. It felt exhausting reading it, not to mention doing it everyday. Convienance Store Woman left me feeling pity, struggle, earnestness, and cheery for her in the end.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Misogyny, Toxic friendship
Minor: Animal death
challenging
funny
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism
Moderate: Infertility, Toxic relationship
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Stalking, Acephobia/Arophobia, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Classism
funny
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I love Furukura, she is so iconic, just let her be!!!! Just let her do her thing!! She deserves to just work at the convenience store ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ (Dutch translation ftw, it just hits different than the english one)
The story is pretty fast paced, Furukura is an iconic main character and i love her. A truly painfully accurate account of society and the inner workings of some people's minds.
Amazing writing, Shiraha is the most annoying asshole ever and I hate him.
My partners read the book out loud to me and the only reason it took this long is because I needed to have a break three times per page because I had to yell about Shihara.
The story is pretty fast paced, Furukura is an iconic main character and i love her. A truly painfully accurate account of society and the inner workings of some people's minds.
Amazing writing, Shiraha is the most annoying asshole ever and I hate him.
My partners read the book out loud to me and the only reason it took this long is because I needed to have a break three times per page because I had to yell about Shihara.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Misogyny, Sexism
Moderate: Acephobia/Arophobia, Classism
Minor: Animal death, Sexual harassment
emotional
funny
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Acephobia/Arophobia
Moderate: Stalking, Classism
Minor: Animal death, Rape, Violence
reflective
medium-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 was okay. It went in a different direction then what I was thinking but it was a quick audiobook.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Misogyny
Minor: Animal death
dark
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship
Moderate: Bullying, Sexual harassment
Minor: Animal death, Rape
intrusive thoughts
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Every book has it's autism moment. This books is 163 pages of autism moments. Usually I would love that, but there's a clear commentary here that isn't explored enough.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship
Minor: Animal death, Child abuse, Stalking
If eugenics was a tag I'd put it in moderate.
challenging
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was the 3rd, of the only 3 (the other two being Life Ceremony and Earthlings) Sayaka Muratas books translated to english, that i've read.
The book highlights how suffocating it is to live in current society and how nothing you ever do will be good enough. Given the fact that the main character Keiko, despite it never being explicitly said, is most likely autistic or on some kind of spectrum, gives us a unique point of view while reading about her day to day effort to fit into society and never stand out.
The characters in this story are not exactly likeable, but i think that thanks to this it's easier for the reader to sympathize with both Keiko but also other characters in the story.
My favorite part of the book was the ending!
Unfortunately I was a little disappointed at how mild the story and characters were compared to the other two books I read prior to this one, however I still enjoyed both the story and the characters. Reading it, especially the ending, still gave me a sense of satisfaction.
Overall I recommend this book just would suggest reading it second with the order being
Life Ceremony (it gives you the best idea of what kind of a writer Sayaka Murata is, in my opinion)
-> Convenience Store Woman (shorter, milder compared to the other two, cleanses your pallet)
-> Earthlings (the most disturbing and strange of the three, HUGE TW for: pedophilia, incest, cannibalism, rape, domestic abuse, murder).
I rate the book 3.75/5 ★, though if it weren't for the ending it might have been lower. It really put a cherry on top.
The book highlights how suffocating it is to live in current society and how nothing you ever do will be good enough. Given the fact that the main character Keiko, despite it never being explicitly said, is most likely autistic or on some kind of spectrum, gives us a unique point of view while reading about her day to day effort to fit into society and never stand out.
The characters in this story are not exactly likeable, but i think that thanks to this it's easier for the reader to sympathize with both Keiko but also other characters in the story.
My favorite part of the book was the ending!
Unfortunately I was a little disappointed at how mild the story and characters were compared to the other two books I read prior to this one, however I still enjoyed both the story and the characters. Reading it, especially the ending, still gave me a sense of satisfaction.
Overall I recommend this book just would suggest reading it second with the order being
Life Ceremony (it gives you the best idea of what kind of a writer Sayaka Murata is, in my opinion)
-> Convenience Store Woman (shorter, milder compared to the other two, cleanses your pallet)
-> Earthlings (the most disturbing and strange of the three, HUGE TW for: pedophilia, incest, cannibalism, rape, domestic abuse, murder).
I rate the book 3.75/5 ★, though if it weren't for the ending it might have been lower. It really put a cherry on top.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny
Minor: Animal death, Stalking
Content Warnings
Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Acephobia/Arophobia