A review by basonok
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

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

3.5

I did not like where the book was headed but it was saved in the last pages so i’m pretty satisfied with how it ended. Overall I don’t like in reviews of this book the description of characters such as the main protagonist as quirky and the book coming off as funny because of the character’s “quirkiness” when this is just how life is for the character. A strong suit of this book is in how it makes everybody else’s neurotypical  way of life seem absurd.
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