Review: The Employees: A workplace novel of the 22nd century by Olga Ravn, 2020

The Employees: A workplace novel of the 22nd century by Olga Ravn
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

"The Employees" by Olga Ravn, 2020

Shortlisted for the International Booker prize, "The Employee" is a Danish science-fiction satire. The book, written as a series of statements in place of chapters, is made by the crew of a starship-- some of which are human, some artificial, and some somewhere in-between. As the starship heads to investigate the effects of some strange objects on some planet, the crew starts to manifest certain behaviors that question what is to be human.

Equally strange as it is fascinating, this novel is undoubtedly brilliant and unusual. Getting through the material was relatively quick, and though the gaps between the "statements" were not too far that a reader cannot bridge events, in its entirety, the story leaves more questions than answers.

I think if you enjoyed the 2022 AppleTV+ series "Severance," this book might be for you.

I rate this book 4.5 out of 5 stars.

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