A review by coley_reads
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

Did not finish book. Stopped at 0%.

 

Quotes 

“I would no longer do anything of my own accord and would either just mimic what everyone else was doing, or simply follow instructions. After this, the adults seemed relieved when I didn’t say a single word more than necessary or act on my initiative. But as I got older, being so quiet apparently became a problem in itself. As far as I was concerned, though, keeping my mouth shut was the most sensible approach to getting by in life.” 

“My family always love and cherished me, and that’s why they were so worried and wanted to cure me.” 

“I wished I was back in the convenience store where I was valued as a working member of staff and things weren’t as complicated as this. Once we donned our uniforms, we were all equals regardless of gender, age, or nationality – all simply store workers.?