This was a quick read. The convenience store was described in enchanting detail. I loved the insight it provided into the everyday, mundane activity of living in Japan. 

The novel was short and sweet and straight to the point. I like that the author incorporated commentary about society and sexism while still remaining true to the story. The novel wasn't anything ground breaking in my opinion but a nice change in perspective. Keiko was wholly unrelated but that is what made the book so interesting. To view the world and its going-on's from her perspective. I was beyond relieved when she

returned to the convenience store

. 

Keiko was a rebel and a social pariah simply because of who she was. Her simple and rather distilled character made everybody else's complicated social manoeuverings look ridiculous. She made an interesting contrast to the rest of her society and definitely highlighted the constraints that we all experience within and without society. The constant pull between general likability and self-satisfaction.