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A review by booksbeyondthebinary
Severance by Ling Ma
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
The fact that this was published in 2018 just speaks to the way that, as a society, we experience things like mass pandemic and it’s easy to make the leap from that to something resembling a post-apocalyptic story.
This book follows our protagonist Candace, who was the child of two Chinese immigrants and later went to work in New York sourcing production companies for Bibles that her company made and distributed, all of which was done in China. The Shen Fever breaks out, spreads worldwide, and people become zombies of their former selves, doomed to repeat what they know.
It’s a portrait of so many aspects of the human experience and I read it in one day because I could not put it down.
This book follows our protagonist Candace, who was the child of two Chinese immigrants and later went to work in New York sourcing production companies for Bibles that her company made and distributed, all of which was done in China. The Shen Fever breaks out, spreads worldwide, and people become zombies of their former selves, doomed to repeat what they know.
It’s a portrait of so many aspects of the human experience and I read it in one day because I could not put it down.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Suicide, Murder, and Pregnancy