The active voice of the book is Keiko, a character that doesn't understand many social cues.
This ends up being the book's demise because:
- it doesn't allow itself to be the critique to conformity that it wants to be (because Keiko doesn't fully understand what this means)
- Keiko's personality is waved off as being 'quirky' (which is not and should be treated as such)
- it tries to make a commentary on work culture (and how you get praised for disregarding your personal life), but, again, since we're reading from a non-neurotypical character point of view, it never presents itself as something bad

There's not much to say about the book. There is no plot and it's incredibly mundane (not in a good way).
The convenience store scenario ends up being the most interesting part because it showcases the neatly organized products, the Chorei routine, and a bit of Japan's work culture.

Maybe it just wasn't the book for me