Novels

Earthlings

Sayaka Murata

TBD

I'm only halfway through Ch 2 and so far I'm Ben Affleck smoking on the outside and the hate monologue from I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream on the inside about. Those characters. You know which one.
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Convenience Store Woman

Sayaka Murata

TBD

It's fascinating, comedic, and understatedly tragic to read how Keiko Furukura struggles with undiagnosed autism into her mid-30s, putting on a "human" role to try to fit in and not worry her family. I'm utterly obsessed with her.