A review by starrysteph
Several People Are Typing by Calvin Kasulke

funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Several People Are Typing is told entirely through the Slack channels of a PR firm, and takes off right as a corporate employee gets sucked into Slack. Then we get a breakneck, deeply funny adventure involving a dog food scandal, a woman haunted by howling, a few office romances, and an AI assistant takeover.

It really nails the absurdist moments of corporate life, and the human disconnect between employees and the bosses who view them as outputs. Fun shenanigans and a smidge of satirical commentary on capitalism.

Huge content warning for

rape / a nonconsensual sexual encounter where an inhuman consciousness inhabits a human’s body and someone else knowingly has sex with that person. The person whose body was violated strangely doesn’t seem to be bothered at all and it is brushed over very quickly, but this baffled me as a plot point. There are infinite other ways to start a romance and this was unnecessary & did not sit well with me, enough to bring my rating down a full star.

CW: rape, confinement, animal death, excrement, body horror

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