A review by somethingarosie
Work-Life Balance: Malevolent Managers and Folkloric Freelancers by Wayne Rée, Benjamin Chee

2.5

Work-Life Balance is a very interesting and innovative book in theory; combining the traditional novel with graphic storytelling. In practice, however, it just did not work well. With the two modes of storytelling, the plot was incredibly difficult to discern. I really had to ~work~ to glean any sense of a storyline, and no book should require you to do that. Work-Life Balance has all the tell-tale signs of a half-baked idea. It would have been a fabulous book, if it had been fully cooked.

Additionally, I was under the impression that there would be a clear allegory here, Animal Farm style. The allegory in Work-Life Balance being the distorted relationship our society now has with our jobs and the hierarchy of professions. However, this did not turn out to be the case. At least it did not translate this way for me, leaving me wondering what point this book was trying to make.

A very unique concept, but unfortunately underdeveloped. This book would have benefited from another round or two of developmental edits.

2.5⭐️

*Thank you to #TandemReadalong for having me on this readalong.