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A review by cherylwav
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
3.0
Apparently "Convenience Store Woman" is a comedic approach to criticism of (Japanese) society and expectations but I couldn't help thinking that Keiko Furukura seems to be on the Autism Spectrum and that this book is more about masking than anything else.
It is not ever mentioned, but I feel like a lot of autistic people can (partly) relate or at least see how Autism is an involuntary topic in Sayaka Murata's bestseller and I wish there was more room for actual conversations and discussions about indirect portrayal of autistic people in this very cliché way of comedic appoaches to "weird people" in a lot of pop culture since it is directly affecting the reality of people on the spectrum and the perception of them.
Having a lot of mixed feelings here.
It is not ever mentioned, but I feel like a lot of autistic people can (partly) relate or at least see how Autism is an involuntary topic in Sayaka Murata's bestseller and I wish there was more room for actual conversations and discussions about indirect portrayal of autistic people in this very cliché way of comedic appoaches to "weird people" in a lot of pop culture since it is directly affecting the reality of people on the spectrum and the perception of them.
Having a lot of mixed feelings here.