[sound recording] /
English language
Published Sept. 6, 2018
Store worker Keiko, the perfect employee, is happy with her life. When family and coworkers pressure her to marry and find a proper profession, her world is upended. Will it be for the better?
Uneventful in the first half, overly in-your face in the second, and overall just depressing, this book unfortunately didn’t do much for me.
Officially now one of my favorite books. What a journey. I love how simple and mundane everything is in this, and yet how magical Sayaka Murata makes it. It's beyond words really. The story of a somewhat out-of-place, late-thirties woman working in a convenience store and simply not following society's expectations--not because she knows better, not out of spite, not because of a grand plan, but because she simply doesn't care and she's living her life just how she likes it--and leaving everyone STUNNED. What an absolute thrill and delight. What amazing "antagonists" we have in this. What an amazing mind in the protagonist. Absolutely love love love.
i will definitely be re-reading this, i loved every minute of it.
