Saturday, May 09, 2026

Five cautionary novels about shopping

At Book Riot Liberty Hardy tagged five “buyer, beware” novels about the dangers of shopping. One entry on the list:
The Rainfall Market by You Yeong-Gwang, translated by Slin Jung

[T]his is about a fantastical market that doesn’t capture people with fruit, but instead helps them decide what they want from their lives. The Rainfall Market is invite-only, where shoppers walk around and try to decide what their perfect life will look like. Lovely, right? But there’s a catch: if they can’t decide after a week, they will be trapped inside the market for the rest of their days. (And I thought the Nickelodeon Super Toy Run seemed like a lot of pressure.)
Read about another entry on the list.

--Marshal Zeringue