magickshop's review
informative
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Ableism
Minor: Rape
loyalrobyn's review against another edition
fast-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? Yes
4.5
Deeply relatable. I hate all of the characters.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Ableism
sendlasagna's review against another edition
dark
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.0
The 1 star is not a fault of the book, I just can’t take stories like this.
Autistic, Japanese woman is used and condescended to by everyone around her. Then a massively boorish, misogynistic man starts living off her, lying to people, telling her what to do, and everyone around her celebrates that she’s probably getting sex. It’s PAINFUL to watch someone be so badly understood, rejected, and then congratulated for being in an unsafe r/ship just because it matched social pretense. It’s painful that she had to give/mask/perform so much just to get people to stop nagging and prying and commenting on her. And through it all, the one place she was safe is mocked and finally taken away from her. If people can read something like this and go out into their real lives not questioning how they operate on the day to day, not challenging the relationship escalator, or STILL not listening, then I hate this world. I’m so fucking mad right now, trying to tell myself it’s fiction, knowing it’s not.
Edit: hung out with some parrots. I’m okay now.
Extra context to my read: in an oddly pretentious coffeeshop in Queenstown?? Many, many annoying sg men coming in and out, all “cool” affectations with no substance. Owner was very nice.
Autistic, Japanese woman is used and condescended to by everyone around her. Then a massively boorish, misogynistic man starts living off her, lying to people, telling her what to do, and everyone around her celebrates that she’s probably getting sex. It’s PAINFUL to watch someone be so badly understood, rejected, and then congratulated for being in an unsafe r/ship just because it matched social pretense. It’s painful that she had to give/mask/perform so much just to get people to stop nagging and prying and commenting on her. And through it all, the one place she was safe is mocked and finally taken away from her. If people can read something like this and go out into their real lives not questioning how they operate on the day to day, not challenging the relationship escalator, or STILL not listening, then I hate this world. I’m so fucking mad right now, trying to tell myself it’s fiction, knowing it’s not.
Edit: hung out with some parrots. I’m okay now.
Extra context to my read: in an oddly pretentious coffeeshop in Queenstown?? Many, many annoying sg men coming in and out, all “cool” affectations with no substance. Owner was very nice.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Ableism and Misogyny
thesunthesunthesunthesun's review against another edition
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.
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.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny, Ableism, and Sexism
Moderate: Acephobia/Arophobia and Classism
Minor: Animal death and Sexual harassment
serendipity421's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
reflective
fast-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
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Acephobia/Arophobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Classism, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Stalking
Minor: Rape
jj_tj's review against another edition
lighthearted
reflective
medium-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
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny and Sexism
Minor: Ableism
bitternortherner's review against another edition
challenging
informative
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Eeehhhh, very mixed feelings on this one. An important critique, but as a neurodivergent it was extremely triggering to read? The lectures forced onto the obviously ASD main character Keiko by neurotypical society are so long and painful and FREQUENT. UGH. I mean, the constant masking to fit in and not be critiqued or othered is so real, the rude comments made at us are spot on, but it started to feel a lot like trauma porn. Don't even get me started with Shiraha, what the barf. I try to be empathetic -and maybe this was an origin story for incel ideology- it was very difficult to read something trying to humanize his mindset without reaaaally pushing back on it. I do also catch these prejudice, ableist, and misogynist undertones in A LOT of Japanese media I consume, so this novella did a great job of showing the cultural context from the reciever of abuses' view?
Idk, hmm... maybe stay away from this one if you've received bullying or abuse due to neurodivergence?
Idk, hmm... maybe stay away from this one if you've received bullying or abuse due to neurodivergence?
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Toxic friendship
ophycore's review against another edition
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Acephobia/Arophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Ableism, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Classism and Stalking
Minor: Rape, Violence, and Animal death
saeruh's review
4.0
An autistic woman’s daily life and her misogynistic boyfriend. Not sure why everyone was like this was so weird, maybe bc it reminded me too much of my personal life, especially when I had a minimum wage job that I worked full time at.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Misogyny and Ableism
sillyduckie's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
tense
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
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Sexual harassment