Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

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Strong topics of misogyny and fitting into that which society expects of us. This book is quirky and won't be for everyone, but I really enjoyed it. Sometimes we view things as ordinary - in this case Keiko's job at the convenience store - but who are we to decide? A thing that may be boring or unfilling for one person could also bring extreme joy and contentment to another. Thus we come to our main theme of individualism vs socialism. More to come soon on this thought provoking story.

pipolo's review against another edition

3.25

funny 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

I enjoyed this. A good pairing with “The Remains of the Day,” as it turns out.

madelineceleste's review against another edition

3.0

slow-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

meliz's review against another edition

4.0

very quirky, very easy to read, interesting characters. quite a few moments that made me giggle and also a few moments that made me reflect and think, “yeah society is totally still stuck in the stone age.”

life is often restrictive with benchmarks you’re expected to meet; if working at a convenience store makes a person feel fulfilled, why should people care!!

quotes!!

And I probably infect others with the way I speak too. Infecting each other like this is how we maintain ourselves as human is what I think.

Oh, I thought absently, I’ve become a foreign object.

Unless I’m cured, normal people will expurgate me. Finally I understood why my family had tried so hard to fix me.

“Your uterus belongs to the village too, you know. The only reason the villagers aren’t paying it any attention is because it’s useless.”

Now, however, it felt like he’d downgraded me from store worker to female of the human species.

themiserychik's review against another edition

5.0

If you’ve ever worked in a grocery store or convenience store, this is what the training videos want you to be like

baby_billy's review against another edition

4.0

En fin lille bog om en kvinde hvis identitet er mere løsarbejder i døgnkiosken end et menneske. Hun ved simpelthen ikke hvordan man gør andet. Den er underlig, ubehagelig og hyggelig på samme tid.