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.