A review by callanisreading
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

Thirty-six-year-old Keiko finds direction and meaning from her work in a convenience store, where the store manual and her fellow employees clearly model exactly how she should act. But her peers question the propriety of a single woman of her age working a part-time job, and her attempts to become more "normal" upend her routine at the convenience store. In this affecting novel about honesty, belonging, and desire, Murata offers a love song for the humble convenience store that inspires an appreciation for many ways of being.