A review by keira_reckons
Several People Are Typing by Calvin Kasulke

funny lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

I found this uproariously funny and a very quick read. It's an unhinged modern epistolary novel, told via Slack messages.

Despite it's brevity there are complicated plots, not all of which are fully explained, in an excellent X-Files sort of way.

It would probably only be readable to users of Slack or Discord or similar thread and channel online communications apps, so it's not for everyone. 

SpoilerAs others have mentioned, there's a non consentual sexual encounter.  This would usually put me right off, but it didn't, I think because of the fact the people piloting the bodies involved were consenting. And the owner of the body was ok after the fact. That wouldn't be good enough in real life, or in a more realistic or darker fiction, but it didn't leave me with the upset such a scene usually would, I think because the whole plot was so absurd. It definitely would have been better without that though.
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