A review by porgyreads
The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century by Olga Ravn

5.0

I had a feeling this would be a five star read about 30% in but I also knew the ending would be the determining factor. The form and voice used in this novel is so interesting and inventive. The way that it allows for detatched omniscient narrative, first person accounts, mimics speech patterns of so many different kinds of person, and then interweaves poetic lines like: 

“It’s as if everything passes into me and splits me open from inside, but it’s a very slow rupture and I feel as though I’m being transformed into a piece of music.”

So philosophical and strange and subtle in its brilliance. 

I was premature when I said I can’t do shorter scifi because there’s nothing to sink your teeth into, this was plenty.