moodreaderhan 's review for:

The Convenience Store by the Sea by Sonoko Machida

3.0

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Thank you NetGalley, Orion Publishing Group, and Sonoko Machida for this arc in exchange for an honest review!

Thoughts:

Slow, simple, and cute. However, I wasn’t riveted, and it took me quite a bit to finish this story. 

I loved that the characters’ storylines were all for the most part interwoven, but with our repeat characters throughout, they were very one note. I wanted more depth and instead we had the same descriptions for each of those characters that were repeated several times (pretty often to be honest).

On a very positive note, I found myself really wanting to eat with each chapter, so the foodie aspects to this were a great touch. Food is emotional and a great way to connect people. It was a good way to tie our characters together.

Overall, this was cozy, but a little odd and boring.

(Azusa and Tsugi were my faves!)

Paperback/Hardcover/Audiobook/E-book:

E-book

Pace:

Slowwwww

Cover thoughts:

So so so pretty! Pulled me in right away!