🍁 Let’s talk about Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata 🍁 . I really enjoyed this story and getting to know Keiko. Elif Batuman said about this novel that it was "haunting, dark, and often hilarious" and I have to agree. It deals with the fact that society sometimes dictate how we should live and where we should be at a certain age and how we are judged when our way of living or thinking isn't like everybody else's. . “The normal world has no room for exceptions and always quietly eliminates foreign objects. Anyone who is lacking is disposed of” basically sums up how the world treats Keiko who is not someone we could define as "normal" (whatever that is....). . It was very interesting to read about Keiko's struggles because although she never really gets angry with the people in her life who are pressuring her to get a better job, to get married or to have kids, it is definitely frustrating to the reader (or at least it was to me). Yes, Keiko might not think and behave like everybody else, she may not want a husband and a better job but that doesn't mean she's a failure. . Thank you to Natalie at @grantabooks for sending me a copy in exchange for an honest review. . Let’s chat! Have you ever felt like you didn’t belong?🌻 • • • #bookreviews #bookreviewers #conveniencestorewoman #sayakamurata #japaneseliterature #translatedfiction #contemporaryfiction #booksandblankets #booksandcandles #leoyrecomiendo #bookstagramespaña #bookstagramuk #jomalonecandle #fortheloveofreading #readinglove https://www.instagram.com/p/Bobkk7VlPar/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=vpv9zj49mx1a
