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

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

2.75

Thank you Tandem Collective for sending me a copy of this one as part of a recent read along. This is not a book I'd usually pick up so am very grateful to be able to diveristy my reading. 

 

Work-Life Balance is a graphic novel/regular novel mash up and is set in a world where a large mulit-national company arrives and creatues such as pontianaks, manananggals, raksasis, and ba jiao guis are forced out of their jobs. While some give in to the corporate lifestyle, others would rather fight then join the mundane 9-5. 

 

This one has been really hard to review... I really loved the idea of mythology interwoven in with mundane tasks such as going to work and I also really enjoyed the jump between graphic novel and regular novel as it made for quick and easy reading. On the other hand, I wasn't a fan of the execution as it was quite jumpy and difficult to follow, the flow was also quite off with this one. 

 

That being said, I still really enjoyed the concept but unfortunately, this one didn't do it for me. 

 

2.75 stars.