Akapan Book Recs | Strong Female Characters

🔽 Book review and notes 🔽
Here are 3 books picked by me, akapan, to pile up in your bookshelf to create an amazing tsundoku, or actually read them, of course.

"Strong Female Characters"
Yes, yes, it's rather common, I know, but I wanted to pick some quirky ones because strength comes in different shapes!

 

1. Breasts and Eggs
Mieko Kawakami, 2008
Japan
乳と卵
川上未映子
[my comment]
3 women, 3 days. What does it mean to be a woman? Women looking at each other, women being looked at by each other. Sharp and warm.
[related pages]
“Breasts and Eggs” Mieko Kawakami (2008) Review | Women’s normality, society’s taboo
[check on amazon.com]


2. Convenience Store Woman 
Sayaka Murata, 2016
コンビニ人間
村田沙耶香
[my comment]
She's not married, not doing a "grown up's job", no kids, no boyfriend, also she doesn't give a sh*t, she is clever and quick. she didn't just end up being a convenience store woman, this is her true self.
[check on amazon.com]


3. Jane Eyre
Charlotte Bronte, 1847
624 pages
[my comment]
I have to add this classic in the list. A woman who doesn't obey? A woman who says no? All with her plain childish looks? How dare.
[check on amazon.com]


[related pages]
“Breasts and Eggs” Mieko Kawakami (2008) Review | Women’s normality, society’s taboo

“Convenience Store Woman” Sayaka Murata (2016) Review | Ordinary yet mad

“Jane Eyre” Charlotte Bronte (1847) Review | A woman who says no