The Employees: A workplace novel of the 22nd century

Hmm. This is another book where the wealth of 5 star reviews leaves me bemused. I strongly suspect that how you react to this book is influenced to how you react to modern art installations (since this book is apparently inspired by one).

For me, each chapter was more like a hint - admittedly an often well written and poetic hint - of what transpired. The actual heavy lifting of visualizing and understanding the story is left entirely as an exercise for the reader. This doesn't work for me; I need something more to grab onto.

If you're the kind of person who can look at an abstract object and gain deep emotional insights from that experience, this is probably just the book for you. If you require a bit more of a framework for your experiences, I suspect, like me, you will struggle.