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Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
3.0
It's a page turner but good. The writing style is basic- deadpan with common elements that characterise deadpan writing. Nothing out of the ordinary. The first person pov keeps it going alright. What it lacks in style, it makes up for in substance. An 'unconventional' woman in a conservative society tries to do understand why certain things are not considered as "normal human behaviour". Why such people are expurgated from the society? Deeply philosophical. Rather one dimensional characters but still a good read.
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
The last bit got quite interesting. Izzy was a well-written character and throughout the later part of the novel I was very interested in reading more Izzy parts, so Kudos to the writer. Mia's backstory was fascinating to read although I didn't quite find myself very connected to her character. I don't think I was particularly rooting for any of the characters at any point except for Izzy.
The plot of the novel is the thing that kept it going, there was no beat to it. This is probably my reason for being irritated as I don't care much for the plot as much as I care for the characters and style. Celeste Ng tried to squeeze a lot of substance into it but it's always annoying when amateur writers write about race.
I would be interested in reading a small novella or epilogue about what Izzy ends up doing.
The plot of the novel is the thing that kept it going, there was no beat to it. This is probably my reason for being irritated as I don't care much for the plot as much as I care for the characters and style. Celeste Ng tried to squeeze a lot of substance into it but it's always annoying when amateur writers write about race.
I would be interested in reading a small novella or epilogue about what Izzy ends up doing.