A review by carbs666
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

challenging reflective slow-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

I'm not really sure how to review this book beyond saying it was extremely weird and I liked it very much. A short book that tricks you into believing not much is happening but continues to surprise you with increasingly bizarre and dark events/reflections around the MC/narrator. I found the descriptions of the way the narrator embodied the convenience store to be strangely evocative and really beautiful. Something about comfort and meaning in the mundane and menial? Superb translation work. 
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