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There's No Such Thing as an Easy Job
By Kikuko TsumuraPublisher Description
Convenience Store Woman meets My Year of Rest and Relaxation in this strange, compelling, darkly funny tale of one woman's search for meaning in the modern workplace.
A young woman walks into an employment agency and requests a job that has the following traits: it is close to her home, and it requires no reading, no writing – and ideally, very little thinking.
She is sent to a nondescript office building where she is tasked with watching the hidden-camera feed of an author suspected of storing contraband goods. But observing someone for hours on end can be so inconvenient and tiresome. How will she stay awake? When can she take delivery of her favourite brand of tea? And, perhaps more importantly – how did she find herself in this situation in the first place?
As she moves from job to job, writing bus adverts for shops that mysteriously disappear, and composing advice for rice cracker wrappers that generate thousands of devoted followers, it becomes increasingly apparent that she's not searching for the easiest job at all, but something altogether more meaningful...
A young woman walks into an employment agency and requests a job that has the following traits: it is close to her home, and it requires no reading, no writing – and ideally, very little thinking.
She is sent to a nondescript office building where she is tasked with watching the hidden-camera feed of an author suspected of storing contraband goods. But observing someone for hours on end can be so inconvenient and tiresome. How will she stay awake? When can she take delivery of her favourite brand of tea? And, perhaps more importantly – how did she find herself in this situation in the first place?
As she moves from job to job, writing bus adverts for shops that mysteriously disappear, and composing advice for rice cracker wrappers that generate thousands of devoted followers, it becomes increasingly apparent that she's not searching for the easiest job at all, but something altogether more meaningful...
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gtxm
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FLAVIA
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“[review copied from my goodreads for those awaiting updates about There's no such thing as an easy job] Well that's a kind surprise, isn't it?
This books was exactly what I needed at the moment and furthermore it saved me from a reading slump, so I am double greatful for it.
It is not my usual type of a book, it is simply mundane, the writing style is VERY precise, yet it still piqued my curiosity and got my full attention. It contains five stories for each job that the protagonist goes through and quite frankly it feels like nothing at all happens and weirdly lots of things happen at the same time, which makes for a peculiar tales. (+ few aspects of magical realism to it!) It took me some time to figure out that the main character wasn't a typical dull person, who focuses only on work and also had some quirks of her own – she was funny! That's probably why this book did not feel long at all. The ending was satysfying and final thoughts of the main character were an ideal summary of the whole story.
To sum up: a peculiar book.
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Mina
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minmin chan
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“This was a 3 star book for me, however, after that 1.5 year-long reading slump it got me out of, it earned the other 0.5 star! I originally was attracted to it because it's Jap-Lit and has a work-life themed plot. The pacing was slower than you'd typically expect because there's lots of details and descriptions. But somehow, this had a cozy & warm impact on me. I enjoyed the diverse jobs the MC (whose name we never find out hehe!) (oops, minor spoiler!) worked throughout this novel. I'd recommend this but as a one-time read!”Believable charactersLikable charactersDescriptive writingEasy to readSuspensefulImmersive settingRealistic settingComing of ageThought-provoking
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