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I did not like this book, which I'm disappointed about because I really enjoyed Convenience Store Woman. This story just didn't work for me. It seemed gratuitously outrageous purely for the sake of being outrageous, which should work in contrast with Murata's signature detached writing style, but all it does is draw attention to the fact that the interestingly aloof narrative is masking a pretty boring story that's already been done better by other people (see Drawing Blood by Poppy Z. Brite, fo
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Apr 23, 2021
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Ann
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😢😭oh this is heartbreaking!
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