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A girl working a job that bores her to tears, the only bright point in her day is the lunchbox she buys from the store nearby, a boy ignoring texts from his mum, next door a girl who wanders around all day instead of going to school, meanwhile a hostess who sleeps all day and works all night, a taxi driver who picks up fares in the early hours.
A story that starts off exploring the mundane daily routines, little joys and unhappinesses of its characters, that slowly starts to wind around itself with a lunchbox shop at its centre.
For a healing genre novel about struggling to let go of regrets, I thought the structure was really enjoyable. (it helps that I went in with very low expectations and no knowledge of the contents) Since it’s a healing genre novel there is a lot more quiet contemplation of life than meaty plot. I thought it was well written with a fun sense of humour sprinkled throughout and imo not super hokey like healing novels can be. The characters and their worlds were all well drawn and interesting to me, even if they were all kind of oddballs.
I was reminded of Murakami’s After Dark a little while reading this. This book doesn't have that omnipresent POV and is not at all trippy or hipstery like After Dark, but the opening of that book came to mind anyhow.