savvylit's review
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Strong character development? No
4.0
The Employees is bizarre and spare, leaving so much to the reader's imagination. What details Ravn did choose to include are just enough to clearly depict a distinct capitalist hellscape. At the beginning of the novel, there is an almost-frustrating amount of ambiguity. Readers are only provided with as much context as each brief report provides. This structure eventually reveals the toxic and isolating workplace environment aboard the mysterious Six Thousand Ship. Human workers and their humanoid colleagues toil endlessly. Their employer seems to refuse to empathize with any and all non-work feelings or impulses. Eventually, this comes to ruin the efficiency of the project as the employees develop a sense of solidarity among themselves.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide, Death, Violence, and Murder
tree_branch's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Animal death, and Body horror
Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Minor: Child death, Pregnancy, and Violence
evelphysicist's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
This book is a little unusual and requires a lot of thinking around the text to fit the story together.
In some ways this worked okay as it’s a short book and the cryptic nature allows readers to draw their own conclusion, however I think the story would have been improved with just slightly more fleshing out.
In some ways this worked okay as it’s a short book and the cryptic nature allows readers to draw their own conclusion, however I think the story would have been improved with just slightly more fleshing out.
Content Warnings
Minor: Murder and Violence
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