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A review by melmarian
Work-Life Balance: Malevolent Managers and Folkloric Freelancers by Wayne Rée, Benjamin Chee
adventurous
funny
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
I got the most unique reading experience this year thanks to this book!
Served in a prose slash comic format, Work-Life Balance clashes two things that I wouldn’t dream to be clashed: the struggles of modern corporate life and Southeast Asian ghosts. Also the title “Work-Life Balance” basically screams nonfiction! Needless to say, when I picked up this book, I didn’t really know what was in store for me.
“The Company” in this book is filled with pontianaks, manananggals, ba jiao guis, raksasis, toyols, other ghosts and demons, and also some humans. There are also “pale demons” like Mammon and Belial, and a demon with questionable motive (but don’t they all have questionable motive?) named Mephistopheles, who delivers the end sentence quite memorably.
This got me thinking... maybe the workplace in real life is not too far off, maybe it's also inhabited by demons and ghosts, that's why it feels like hell sometimes, LOL
Served in a prose slash comic format, Work-Life Balance clashes two things that I wouldn’t dream to be clashed: the struggles of modern corporate life and Southeast Asian ghosts. Also the title “Work-Life Balance” basically screams nonfiction! Needless to say, when I picked up this book, I didn’t really know what was in store for me.
“The Company” in this book is filled with pontianaks, manananggals, ba jiao guis, raksasis, toyols, other ghosts and demons, and also some humans. There are also “pale demons” like Mammon and Belial, and a demon with questionable motive (but don’t they all have questionable motive?) named Mephistopheles, who delivers the end sentence quite memorably.
This got me thinking... maybe the workplace in real life is not too far off, maybe it's also inhabited by demons and ghosts, that's why it feels like hell sometimes, LOL