A review by alyssam_
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
4.0
A book about a monotonous job at a convenience store, it is surprisingly interesting. Touches on social norms and conformity, misconceptions about the awareness level of people we deem ‘outcasts’ in an engaging way.
“She’s far happier thinking her sister is normal even if she has a lot of problems than she is having an abnormal sister for whom everything is fine. For her, normality—however messy—is far more comprehensible. “
“She’s far happier thinking her sister is normal even if she has a lot of problems than she is having an abnormal sister for whom everything is fine. For her, normality—however messy—is far more comprehensible. “