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Døgnåpent by Sayaka Murata

52 reviews

laurenbaggy's review against another edition

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emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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ferdie's review against another edition

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dark sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

This book is easily read in one sitting. I wouldn't say I enjoyed the story, but it prompted a lot of thoughts on acceptability, normality, and finding your way when you don't fit. There is never a diagnosis, but the main character Keiko is autism coded. The book is descriptive of masking and how she tries to mimic others to appear normal. It felt exhausting reading it, not to mention doing it everyday. Convienance Store Woman left me feeling pity, struggle, earnestness, and cheery for her in the end.

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spooderman's review against another edition

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challenging funny reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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thesunthesunthesunthesun's review against another edition

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funny reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I love Furukura, she is so iconic, just let her be!!!! Just let her do her thing!! She deserves to just work at the convenience store 😭😭😭😭 (Dutch translation ftw, it just hits different than the english one)

The story is pretty fast paced, Furukura is an iconic main character and i love her. A truly painfully accurate account of society and the inner workings of some people's minds.

Amazing writing, Shiraha is the most annoying asshole ever and I hate him.

My partners read the book out loud to me and the only reason it took this long is because I needed to have a break three times per page because I had to yell about Shihara.

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ophycore's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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rebeccadiv's review against another edition

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reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This book was okay. It went in a different direction then what I was thinking but it was a quick audiobook.

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shelvesofivy's review against another edition

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dark reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

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michaelion's review against another edition

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reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

Every book has it's autism moment. This books is 163 pages of autism moments. Usually I would love that, but there's a clear commentary here that isn't explored enough.

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cuteling's review against another edition

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challenging reflective sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

This was the 3rd, of the only 3 (the other two being Life Ceremony and Earthlings) Sayaka Muratas books translated to english, that i've read.

The book highlights how suffocating it is to live in current society and how nothing you ever do will be good enough. Given the fact that the main character Keiko, despite it never being explicitly said, is most likely autistic or on some kind of spectrum, gives us a unique point of view while reading about her day to day effort to fit into society and never stand out.
The characters in this story are not exactly likeable, but i think that thanks to this it's easier for the reader to sympathize with both Keiko but also other characters in the story.
My favorite part of the book was the ending!

Unfortunately I was a little disappointed at how mild the story and characters were compared to the other two books I read prior to this one, however I still enjoyed both the story and the characters. Reading it, especially the ending, still gave me a sense of satisfaction.

Overall I recommend this book just would suggest reading it second with the order being
Life Ceremony (it gives you the best idea of what kind of a writer Sayaka Murata is, in my opinion)
-> Convenience Store Woman (shorter, milder compared to the other two, cleanses your pallet)
-> Earthlings (the most disturbing and strange of the three, HUGE TW for: pedophilia, incest, cannibalism, rape, domestic abuse, murder).

I rate the book 3.75/5 ★, though if it weren't for the ending it might have been lower. It really put a cherry on top.

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owlribbon's review against another edition

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3.5

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