Severance

This was not a revolutionary novel by any means, but I really appreciated how Ling Ma incorporated a lot of social issues created by capitalism throughout this book. She touches on immigration, worker's rights, outsourcing jobs, etc. It hit a little close to home at times "post-Covid" and honestly I was surprised to see that it was written before that. This is one of those books that you only see things from Candace's perspective, so as she's dealing with things or escaping scenarios, you don't get well-rounded endings for everything. Things happen, and the story moves on along with her life. If you don't llike loose ends, probably not one that I would recommend.

Haunting, compelling, eerily prescient.

The books is ok-ish. Nothing really happens and there's zero character development.

I was waiting for some sort of surprise development nearing the end of the book and then it just ended...

I felt like someone had ripped a few chapters at the end.

Definitely not something I would recommend :/

Ends abruptly and infuriatingly. But otherwise it's a gripping read, the characters are textured and lovely, and it takes on the tired genre of zombie novels with some real freshness. I just want to know what happens next!!