[DeepL Translation - needs review] Second place in the 2021 Bookstore Awards! Are you looking for a book? Is it a job? Is it your life?" Five people who feel stuck in their jobs and lives visit a small library in a town. The librarian, who is a good listener though she is not very friendly, encourages them with her unexpected book selections and cute appendices. This heartwarming novel will make you realize what you are really "looking for" and fill you with energy for tomorrow.
(Translator: DeepL)
Sweet but Not Sacarine
I was worried this would be similar to many other Japanese literary novels which tell episodic stories that emotionay manipulative you -- I'm looking at you "When the Coffee Gets Cold" -- but I was pleasantly surprised to find this novel didn't manipulate my emotions but actually connected with them.
Each chapter follows a different character who's struggling with something in their life and how they work out what it is that's bothering them and see life in a new way. The first two chapters wer