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I'm not going to sound understandable in this review. Not that it was an exceptional read, but it made me think a LOT... At the same time it made me think that this is such a simplistic story and it has a simplistic critic.

In portuguese the title is more like "a matter of convenience", wich makes a lot of sense of how's Keiko in her convenient way of living.

I think I read 10 pages a day or 20 minutes a day, I don't know. I reached the end of this book, which is small, but it was difficult to get the rhythm of the story, even though it was simple and easy to understand. I wasn't understanding where she was heading with the storie, until I noticed the patterns.

(Nothing has been confirmed in the book, I'm just assuming that )Keiko is so autistic it hurts. It literally hurt me to read so many things that were similar to me. I laughed at several moments, not because it was funny, but because it was so similar to my thoughts that it caught me off guard. Living with normal people means realizing every day my own abnormality in the smallest things. Reading about the way Keiko copies her friends the same age, in order to appear even remotely normal, is tiring. And it reminds me how much I do this without realizing.

And then we have Siraha. It's almost schizophrenic how incel he is. He is paranoid to say the least. But at the same time he manages to pass off as a more normal person than Keiko. But in his case it's just a lot of audacity and idle talk. He is more like the absurd voice of society that Keiko kept close to her because she wanted to meet people's expectations. But one day she realizes and accepts that she won't change, regardless of what Sihara says. If that means she's not normal or not human, so be it.

I almost cried when Keiko told her sister that she needed clear instructions about what she expected from her, just say it. It didn't matter, as long as it met expectations and consequently people stopped sounding so disappointed with Keiko for nothing.

The way she felt uncomfortable with the interference of her personal life in an environment that she had always considered free from gender differences (everyone is a convenience store employee, neither male nor female) and a place that never changes, was now all out of place. And people were distracted gossiping instead of organizing shelves and following the convenience store's daily plan.

I always feel uncomfortable when personal matters mix with work matters, especially in a work environment. I hate it when I'm served by a cashier who keeps chatting personal things with the colleague next to me, instead of serving me properly and talking directly to me. I don't know how to behave at these times, so I feel very uncomfortable.

The conclusion of this book is very much the end of a film. Suddenly, a realization and end. And you are left with the conclusion that she eventually found another store to work in and is now a very old lady operating a store counter. I hope now she tells people to fuck off when they start asking about her life.

Some people are fine the way they are, without needing to “advance” in life and are no less satisfied for living that way. LET THEN BE.

I separated the quotes from Keiko's autistic moments that were painful to see...

Review

Not gonna happen, maybe another day I'll take this book and read again. But it didn't vibes with me for now.

Review

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Review

May contain spoilers!

Review

May contain spoilers!