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bibisreadings's review against another edition
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
“O padrão do mundo é compulsório e os corpos estranhos são eliminados sem alarde. Os seres humanos fora do padrão acabam sendo ratificados"
Devorei este livro em duas sessões. Li até 70% fora, e 30% em casa. Ele te prende na trajetória da protagonista e não te deixa escapar. Keiko trabalha em uma loja de conveniência 24h, uma konbini. Ela não se sente parte da sociedade, por não agir de forma convencional como esperam (escola, faculdade, trabalho, casamento, ter filhos). Notei que isso a-angustiava, ela não sabia como viver. Ao entrar na konbini, ela se sente parte de algo, parte do mundo. Agora há um manual para seguir. Eu achei preocupante ela só se sentir bem no trabalho, mas, talvez há pessoas que realmente gostem de viver assim, não sei.
Ao surgir outro personagem na história, senti raiva dele e quis abandonar a leitura, mas não o-fiz. Seu comportamento me irritou, mas continuei. É um retrato fiel da sociedade contemporânea, nisso me lembrei bastante de O Morro Dos Ventos Uivantes. É interessante, ácido, cruel e triste.
No entanto, é necessário que haja relatos, que os autores exponham suas angústias com o mundo, vendo, assim, que não estão sozinhos e outras partes do mundo se sentem da mesma forma.
Bom, recomendo muito essa leitura, Sayaka é brilhante.
Vi um comentário no insta sobre crianças que não se encaixam e fiquei muito pensativa. Estamos vendo essas crianças? Estamos tentando fazer com que se encaixem? Estamos reproduzindo pressões sociais que criticamos?
Fica a reflexão, adoraria saber o que pensam dessa discussão, e dessa leitura.
Devorei este livro em duas sessões. Li até 70% fora, e 30% em casa. Ele te prende na trajetória da protagonista e não te deixa escapar. Keiko trabalha em uma loja de conveniência 24h, uma konbini. Ela não se sente parte da sociedade, por não agir de forma convencional como esperam (escola, faculdade, trabalho, casamento, ter filhos). Notei que isso a-angustiava, ela não sabia como viver. Ao entrar na konbini, ela se sente parte de algo, parte do mundo. Agora há um manual para seguir. Eu achei preocupante ela só se sentir bem no trabalho, mas, talvez há pessoas que realmente gostem de viver assim, não sei.
Ao surgir outro personagem na história, senti raiva dele e quis abandonar a leitura, mas não o-fiz. Seu comportamento me irritou, mas continuei. É um retrato fiel da sociedade contemporânea, nisso me lembrei bastante de O Morro Dos Ventos Uivantes. É interessante, ácido, cruel e triste.
No entanto, é necessário que haja relatos, que os autores exponham suas angústias com o mundo, vendo, assim, que não estão sozinhos e outras partes do mundo se sentem da mesma forma.
Bom, recomendo muito essa leitura, Sayaka é brilhante.
Vi um comentário no insta sobre crianças que não se encaixam e fiquei muito pensativa. Estamos vendo essas crianças? Estamos tentando fazer com que se encaixem? Estamos reproduzindo pressões sociais que criticamos?
Fica a reflexão, adoraria saber o que pensam dessa discussão, e dessa leitura.
Content Warnings
Minor: Animal death and Misogyny
fei_chan's review against another edition
4.0
Who knew saying “I am a convenience store worker” would be so empowering. Cute but powerful little book for Japanese society.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Misogyny and Sexism
hihet's review against another edition
funny
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny and Sexism
Moderate: Toxic relationship and Stalking
rnbhargava's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
This is about the psychology of a woman who’s worked at a convenience store inside a Metro/Subway station for much too long. It leaves quite an impression given it’s only 163 pages, not counting the short afterword essay by the author. You see the character struggle with things and expectations from childhood to adulthood. It’s fascinating and also kind of tragic. Well worth a read.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Classism
This short book is largely about a character that feels perpetually maladjusted and has used long term part-time work in a convenience store as a coping mechanism. It’s fascinating and tragic. Well worth a read.extraaardvark's review against another edition
challenging
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal death, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Stalking
hedsek's review against another edition
dark
hopeful
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Quite an intriguing read but I wish it took some more time with the second half of the book. It was interesting and disturbing to see Keiko and Shiraha interact, but the writing style was kinda bland (easy to read tho).
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Misogyny, Sexism, and Acephobia/Arophobia
Moderate: Animal death, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Stalking, Pregnancy, and Classism
Minor: Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment
Incel rhetorictbrhannah's review against another edition
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
need to know who read this and thought it was ‘hilarious’ because i did not find an ounce of humour in this. it’s just real.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny
robinks's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I really enjoyed this short novel. As someone who used to live in Japan (and is currently visiting!), so many of the little snippets of convenience store happenings were super nostalgic. I also enjoyed the larger commentary on conformity and what is deemed “normal.”
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Misogyny, Sexism, Acephobia/Arophobia, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Classism
Moderate: Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, and Pregnancy
Minor: Chronic illness, Rape, and Sexual content
emmieanna's review against another edition
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
I thought the premise of this book was extremely interesting. It raises a lot of questions surrounding anonymity, societal expectations, the idea of ‘normaitivity’, purpose and happiness. Her peers’ obsession with stagnation and propriety was very telling and I am so happy that she figured out in the end that she is completely fine living her life in a way that makes sense to her, not other people.
Keiko is so unusual and it was refreshing to be inside her mind. Seeing how analytically she thinks was a great insight into how some neurodiverse people process the world. Despite that it is never explicitly discussed, I feel that Convenience Store Woman could be considered authentic representation of neurodiversity and would recommend this book as a diverse narrative.
Keiko is so unusual and it was refreshing to be inside her mind. Seeing how analytically she thinks was a great insight into how some neurodiverse people process the world. Despite that it is never explicitly discussed, I feel that Convenience Store Woman could be considered authentic representation of neurodiversity and would recommend this book as a diverse narrative.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Cancer, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Stalking, and Pregnancy
lrose02's review against another edition
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
This was a piece of translated fiction that I only chose for the short pages. But I’d heard great things about it. The main character is painfully autistic coded but it’s made out that she’s strange and weird, and that it’s a bad thing. But Keiko just doesn’t understand, and you can see through her eyes that everyone else’s is needlessly complicated. Her relationship with her sister was really nice for the first part of the book because it seems like she’s the only one to understand. But then it turns out she doesn’t and instead wants Keiko to be fixed. Meanwhile the main male character is insufferable. He’s a misogynist, borderline incel. There is no character development for either of them, but Keiko doesn’t need it. He does. It has a good commentary on society, and their expectations and reliance on normality. But whatever words that are truthful that comes out of him is overwhelmed by how awful he is. A very quick average read but definitely doesn’t put me off translated fiction
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny