Reviews and Comments

I just can't keep reading this. I don't know if it is because I am listening to an audiobook, but I am incredibly bored and confused. There is too much exposition without context, to the point where you don't understand what's going on.

Maybe in the future I will try again but reading it instead of listening to it, but I will call it off for now because I am not enjoying it.

Ling Ma's writing is very organic and is able to capture the everyday life of capitalism in, what seems a first glance, a very neutral way. Al throughout the book metaphors of the dystopic nature of current capitalsm arise, and sometimes lampshaded.

Interesting from the point of view of a first-generation immigrant, Severance is able to unfold and open in several layers like a rose. The two main narratives seem to reflect several aspects of the writer's own life and contemplation of capitalism, without falling into a cliche critique.

Overall it was really enjoyable, albeit a bit despairing, but what do you expect from an apocalyptic novel?

I'm six chapters in and I am not sure what's going on. I wonder if it is because I'm listening to an audiobook and the VA is not so good. Anyway, so far it's pretty interesting but hard to follow. There is almost no exposition so you're expected to know what the narrator is talking about.