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Reviews tagging 'Child death'
The Employees: A workplace novel of the 22nd century by Olga Ravn
7 reviews
kmhst25's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
fast-paced
4.0
Weird, poetic, disturbing, and thoughtful. Unlike any other novel I’ve ever read. Completely non-traditional.
Moderate: Murder
Minor: Child death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, Violence, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
mlovesbooks's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Death, Miscarriage, and Panic attacks/disorders
fromtheyellowchair's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Murder
Minor: Child death
math_scooter's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.25
Minor: Child death and Miscarriage
displacedcactus's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
This is a short book told in a sort of epistolary format -- everything is excerpts from employee interviews. It does a good job of being unsettling without being really graphic, so it could be a great read if you're looking for something Halloween-season-appropriate that probably won't give you nightmares. It's kind of like if Annihilation and Finna/Defekt had a baby. Each excerpt is short, most are only a paragraph and the longest were barely over a page long on my tablet, so it's really easy to read if you only have a little time, too. That said, the format means that while you get multiple snippets from some employees interspersed throughout, there's no real way to latch on to the characters. If it had been any longer, it would have been difficult to go along for the ride with the format, in my opinion.
Moderate: Death, Slavery, and Xenophobia
Minor: Child death
The xenophobia is between the human and humanoid (lab-created people) workers, and the slavery CW is for the fact that I am pretty suretree_branch's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, and Blood
Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Minor: Child death, Violence, and Pregnancy
whylal's review against another edition
slow-paced
- Strong character development? It's complicated
4.0
Moderate: Child death and Death
Minor: Grief and Murder
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