Hi everybody, so I’m still sticking to my 2019 resolution to have the one month one book. It’s still going on although I’m a bit behind but as long as I keep moving, please give a credit for the effort k? Actually, this book wasn’t even on my plan to buy but I did anyway when I was at Borders, The Curve the other day while waiting for a friend (she’s freakinglt late!) and I saw this at the counter book stand as flavour of the month. I’ve read the reviews, it seems like a light read and enjoyable, which what I needed right now. I like non-fiction but sometimes I need a bimbo-like/young adult read to get my mind off, and pleasures too.
Soooo, this story is about a 36 year old weird woman named Keiko who has been working at the same convenience store for the past 18 years. Same place, same position, stagnant with no progress in her life, both career and personal. She’s a weirdo who doesn’t have any feelings whatnot, no empathy, just do her routine like a robot. Everything in her life that she does is for the sake of the store. I mean, she eats balance diet to keep healthy so she doesn’t fall sick , thus no need to take an MC, she sleeps early, so she wake up fresh for her work on the next day. Her life is revolve towards the store, no change, not even the store layout or products arrangement to be altered. She’s like a manual of the store, a straight person, no bends at all. She goes crazy if any workers doesn’t follow instructions or manual, and she just simply doesn’t know how to fit into the society. She’s happily volunteering herself to fill any shift, working during odd hours and never take leaves or sick leave. She even claimed she’s not a part of convenience store but she is the store! She don’t know how to react to certain topics nor emotions to anything. I mean, she’s emotionless, she’s never sad, never happy, never mad, never angry. Then, a man came into her life, which is weird too, and she just get along with it, allowing the man staying with her in her tiny house just to be accepted by society. No love, no friendship, definitely no sex. She just treated him like a pet, feeding him when needed, for the purpose of society thinks that she has one step forward in her life.
At first I thought she might finally have some sense knock in her head or something, that she might developes love or compassion, but too bad, there is notttt!! The ending is quite upsetting, unlike any other fairy tale book, Keiko actually doesn’t change at all! Yes, she resigned from the store, lost for a while, only later to make her realize that the convenience store is actually a part of her life, making her applied for job at another convenience store *face palm*. Yessss, I spoilt the ending, although I didn’t really like the ending, this book is something different from what I have read before, and I would suggest you to enjoy it too. Not a heavy book at all, even the font is quite large, making the reading even faster. Lol!
I think this book is based on real story as the author herself has worked at convenience store for 18 years, only to quit after writing this book, and become a success. This is an enjoyable read, although I get sick with the character, but this people exist guyss. Guess if she’s happy with that choice, or doesn’t turn into a psycho sort of, then, we just leave them be.
