A review by criticalgayze
My Work by Olga Ravn

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

I still cannot believe my luck at finding three books that I think will make my year end favorites list, but this one rounded out the trifecta. I read and really appreciated The Employees in September of 2022 and was excited to see Ravn release a book that fit squarely within my month’s reading theme. This was incredible. It was brilliant from the jump, but the way she muddies structure and storytelling in the back third of the text is a masterclass in autobiographical fiction. If she keeps it up, Ravn feels like a Nobel shoo-in within the next two decades. I cannot wait to see what we US readers get from her next.