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Convenience Store Woman

Sayaka Murata

book

Read it in two days, the book was an extremely light and fast read. I loved the protagonist, I related hard to the way she blends in with her normal coworkers to seem like less of a turbo autist. The work talks a lot about expectations put on adult women, how after a certain age you're not seen as normal if you don't want to have children or a husband in an extremely conformist society. Your value is assigned to you based on how good of a mother and wife you are. The writing style is really simple which is what got me into it so easily. I really recommend it, especially to any woman that ever felt pressured into being a baby machine. Lastly, I loved the contrast between the way someone is treated and perceived as a "weird" woman, to the way someone is treated and perceived as a "weird" man. The man is much more hostile and self-absorbed... Many such cases! P.S. I hate the book covers with the "This book made laugh! It's hilarious!" qoutes. Way to miss the point lmao.