The Convenience Store by the Sea by Sonoko Machida

3.79 AVERAGE

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smallmac's review

3.0
hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
A bit longer and slower than other iyashikei/healing novels I've read recently, but there are moments where it's really nice and tender. 😉☺️
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justspies's review against another edition

3.5
funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

claudsreads99's review

3.75
lighthearted relaxing medium-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

debbylou's review against another edition

3.0
emotional hopeful lighthearted 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: Yes

bor_ealis's review against another edition

4.0
hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A
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aipri's review against another edition

3.0
lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
Not really any plot just a whole lot of nothing but I loved the vibes and the issues each individual story dealt with. 
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finii's review against another edition

4.25
funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
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ndvrnois's review against another edition

3.5
lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced

aftbooks's review against another edition

3.75
funny lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
Very cute but a bit sidewinding and some of the stories don’t come together well. The ones that do truly shine!! Especially the “Grandpa” story—that truly carried the book for me!

celestbunny's review against another edition

4.0
adventurous funny reflective relaxing slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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