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Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

5.0

This was weird and dark and above all, stunning. Before this book, I think I would have laughed if someone said they could romanticize working in a convenience store. I worked in a grocery store for over a year and there's absolutely nothing romantic about it. But somehow, Murata did that and so much more.

Keiko's self discovery drove this book and I couldn't put it down for the two hours it took to read. The convenience store felt like poetry and the characters all had so much depth that I'm not sure I remembered to even breathe while reading. I can't overstate how amazing this was.

Easily one of the best books I've read this year.