There's a specific style of writing where the narrator seems so matter of factly about every event that they cease to have a personality. And I find that so hard to read. Like there's no texture. It's pertinent to compare to convenience store woman especially since the main character is the same exact age and the writing style seems similar and YET. I liked combini girl much more??? I'm actually struggling to articulate why I didn't like this book as much so someone tell me why when they implement comments on storygraph...