A review by sup_demons
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

adventurous challenging emotional informative lighthearted reflective relaxing sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Wonderful read that I feel like is extremely misrepresented by the reviews and praise spread all over the cover. I didn't find the book to be as hilarious and funny as all of them. I thought that the book was mostly reflective and at times even very sad. My heart felt for the woman and her need to belong. Even more so I felt so frustrated when everyone was putting her against her ideal of life. She found a thing that she loved most doing and was very good at, but still people were not satisfied as if it was their life. I think she has a wonderful little life where she feels at peace with her mission. We don't need bigger ambitions in life to be happy and all the characters projecting their ideals onto the poor woman made me extremely mad. I'm glad the woman chose her own path in the end and I can only imagine a happy ending for her.