A review by melona56
Severance by Ling Ma

dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

4.0

With the shen fever symptoms of repetitive nature, who's to say that Candace wasn't fevered? She participated in the same mundane, repetitive culture of a 9-5, even long after the city was breaking down (corrupting). Her following through with her contract did get her the large compensation she was promised, but at that point, she wasn't even able to use it. That just reminds me of retirement and how we Americans spend our whole lives working for compensation and relaxation for retirement, but in the end, it won't pay off. This book portrays capitalism so well.