Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

27 reviews

_al's review against another edition

challenging funny reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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

Moderate: Stalking, Body shaming, and Gaslighting

Minor: Animal death

gabriella_'s review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This felt like a tragicomedy because of the hypercapitalism just bleeding into everything but the delivery was so FUNNY sometimes. She banished an incel to the bathtub because he was just so stinky in every sense. Lots to pick apart with this and it was very worth the read 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Emotional abuse, Ableism, Body shaming, Sexism, Gaslighting, Misogyny, and Mental illness

serendipity421's review against another edition

funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Acephobia/Arophobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Classism, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Stalking

Minor: Rape

markwillnevercry's review against another edition

3.0

It was a kind of a good book? It is all about your purpose and your role in society. However, I did feel uncomfortable while reading a big part of it. I know that it is intentional and that Shiraha is supposed to make us feel uncomfortable, because he is so crazy, but it did not make this the best reading experience. The jury is still out on whether or not Keiko is just autistic and asexual, but the bigger point is that she found her place in the world, but that does not satisfy people around them. It would have been nice seeing this story entirely without Shiraha, it seems like there would have been other ways to evolve the situation into her being made less of a convenience store worker by people in the store and that leading her to a crisis of identity, but this is the way that the writer decided to go through with it and I did not enjoy it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Acephobia/Arophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, and Body shaming

Moderate: Stalking, Chronic illness, and Infertility

dillsbookdiary's review against another edition

reflective sad fast-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

2.75

I can’t believe so many people voted this as a funny book??? This book is a wildly depressing commentary on the experience of an autistic woman trying to find  her place in society. I’m personally not a huge fan of books with chapters organized like this, so that also took me out of the story a lot. This is easy to read in one sitting, for people who like to do that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Misogyny, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Ableism, Stalking, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Body shaming

spineofthesaurus's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Ableism, Gaslighting, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Classism, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Body shaming, Child death, Domestic abuse, Stalking, Murder, Acephobia/Arophobia, Sexual violence, Fatphobia, and Pregnancy

Minor: Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, and Fire/Fire injury

atamano's review against another edition

dark funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Misogyny, Ableism, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Body shaming and Acephobia/Arophobia

Minor: Pregnancy

kimberlystone's review against another edition

challenging lighthearted reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

A deceptively lighthearted story that will leave you thinking for days :) 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Misogyny, and Sexism

tashtasher's review against another edition

emotional informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, and Ableism

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Classism, Body shaming, Racism, and Stalking

wanderingdeviant's review

funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

good critique of both capitalism and the expectations in society of people, specifically women. i believe the main character to be autistic, too, so i like that she doesn’t force herself to follow everyone else’s ideas of society. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny

Minor: Rape and Body shaming