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Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
4.0
mysterious reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This was a really strange book, it only took me a few hours total to read, although to be honest I got into a bit of a reading slump and left this one for a while.

It was weird though, a woman who isn't interested in the normal path of life, boyfriend, marriage, kids, works part time in a convenience store and almost becomes at one with the store. 

She allows a jobless man to live with her, which gives her a momentary glimpse into how happy other people are for her when it seems she is going to conform, but she realises, eventually, that she is not happy.

Odd. I liked it.