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A review by shelterfromreality
Rental Person Who Does Nothing: A Memoir by Shoji Morimoto
funny
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
2.5
It’s an interesting experience per se, the idea of a do-nothing rental and it has some interesting reflections about money, relationships and work. However, the author (?) really makes no effort to make it more interesting as a book but it wasn’t a complete waste of time. A big problem for me was that I felt like it lacked connection to the real world often and some commentary seems to completely disregard society, and specially class, as a whole.
This book reminded me of There is no such thing as an easy job minus the plot.
The fact that he didn’t work hard for this and it’s just a publisher’s money grab is also a reason why I’m giving it a low rating. So many authors with great ideas are out there trying to publish while things like this book exists and that is very upsetting.
Even though he states that he is selfish and he takes a very practical stance on everything, it makes me like this book less, I really don’t share his values and that’s ok.
Not a bad book, it just did not resonate with me at all.
This book reminded me of There is no such thing as an easy job minus the plot.
The fact that he didn’t work hard for this and it’s just a publisher’s money grab is also a reason why I’m giving it a low rating. So many authors with great ideas are out there trying to publish while things like this book exists and that is very upsetting.
Even though he states that he is selfish and he takes a very practical stance on everything, it makes me like this book less, I really don’t share his values and that’s ok.
Not a bad book, it just did not resonate with me at all.