A review by seakay05
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

5.0

This was a very interesting read! Without proclaiming to change the world, the book pulls you into the little world of Keiko and her convenience store. It's a quaint and endearing book, even though we know as readers that Keiko could never return that sentiment. I, at least, found myself firmly on her side -- do we really need to strive for society's conception of greatness, anyway? Keiko makes me think of the neutral (maybe lawful in regards to the convenience store) good and relatively content counterpart to No Longer Human's Yozo, who falls much more firmly on the scared and distressed side of the spectrum. Very happy to see Keiko's realization at the end despite the things that momentarily lead her in a different way. I'm rounding up my rating from 4.5 to 5 here, because I think the book (and Keiko) deserve it :)