basically the title, this is the first book I've read in a long time thats kinda perplexed me and left me not knowing what to think. I do relate to it a lot especially when she says the convenience store "makes her human" and how she was downgraded from convenience store worker to a female member of the species when she got with shirahara, who I also relate with but I feel like is the opposite side of the same coin as furukura. I feel like there's a pretty deep meaning here that either I'm not picking up or just isn't as deep as I thought it was. Something outside of the core message that it's not necessarily bad to be obsessed with something to a degree that ostracizes you from normal society.
like my gut is telling me there's something pretty profound here but I'm just not picking up on what exactly that is maybe something to do with how she comes to terms with the fact that she's not a convinience store worker because she wants to look like a normal member of society but that she actually just is a convinience store worker in her soul and that's fine. what were your thoughts on It?
by Electronic_d0cter
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I read the book years ago so don’t remember chunks of it, but I had a pretty similar impression, like the author was trying (but failing) to bring across some greater meaning through the metaphor of this simpler, everyday life. Overall I’m glad I read it, but certainly wouldn’t reread, and likely wouldn’t recommend it to others unless I know they enjoy specifically that type of book
I’ve read it, I liked it a lot. I don’t think it really has a very clear message you’re supposed to take away, it’s just a portrayal of an outsider personality and her strange approach to life.
Sure, at the end she triumphs a little when she decides to follow her convenience store working dreams after all, but I don’t think that’s necessarily the author endorsing it, it’s just a satisfying endpoint.
I found it disturbing and I’m sure I didn’t really understand it. Going into it I thought it was going to be about someone who just didn’t fit in with society that I could find relatable, but I felt like it was more about a person who didn’t really understand why other people and their feelings had any value and that was extremely unsettling to me even though if I remember correctly it didn’t result in them doing anything shocking or cruel to anyone.
I think part of my mental disconnect about the book and why I it wasn’t what I expected was the way it was marketed.
It really wasn’t for me, which needless to say doesn’t make it a bad book at all, but to be honest I only finished it because it was short.