A review by agnesbebon
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This is a weird (in a good way), character driven, “we live in a society” book. Murata examines class, gender, sexuality, capitalism, patriarchy, neurodivergence, and ableism through a convenience store and the strange woman who works there. This is another book where I have entire theses written in the margins. 

Murata writes beautifully and so much thought went into the word choice. The characters were developed in just the right way. Also you’d be doing yourself a disservice to not read the essay (letter to the convenience store) at the end. Highly recommend.
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