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The Convenience Store by the Sea
by Sonoko Machida
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
At this point, I’ve read so many Japanese (and Korean, and even a German) Healing Fiction books that it takes quite a bit to win me over fully now. The Convenience Store by the Sea won me though.
Tenderness, the convenience store at the base of the Golden Villa complex, a living arrangement for retirees that has meeting rooms and dining areas, is open 24/7 and staffed with manager Shibo, and several part timers who provide top notch customer service. The book is full of quirky characters- the type of thing I love in slice of life anime and manga and worked well in this book.
Structurally this is a collection of interconnected short stories which solve a conundrum (like many books in the genre). This is handled well and my favourite two are probably Strawberry Parfait: a young girl learning to leave a toxic friendship, finding her worth, and new friends, and A Soft Egg Porridge for a Hard Old Man: an elderly retiree leaning who to be… retired, while making friends with one of the neighbourhood children. You all know I love old men and children as friends. I blame Disneys Up.
Overall this is one of the better of the genre that I’ve read this year. I would recommend this to people who love this genre but are, like me, finding it oversaturated and not sure which are worth it.
Tenderness, the convenience store at the base of the Golden Villa complex, a living arrangement for retirees that has meeting rooms and dining areas, is open 24/7 and staffed with manager Shibo, and several part timers who provide top notch customer service. The book is full of quirky characters- the type of thing I love in slice of life anime and manga and worked well in this book.
Structurally this is a collection of interconnected short stories which solve a conundrum (like many books in the genre). This is handled well and my favourite two are probably Strawberry Parfait: a young girl learning to leave a toxic friendship, finding her worth, and new friends, and A Soft Egg Porridge for a Hard Old Man: an elderly retiree leaning who to be… retired, while making friends with one of the neighbourhood children. You all know I love old men and children as friends. I blame Disneys Up.
Overall this is one of the better of the genre that I’ve read this year. I would recommend this to people who love this genre but are, like me, finding it oversaturated and not sure which are worth it.