What a weird funny, little book!

If you ask me what Several People Are Typing is about, in a nutshell, I would say- "I still have no idea why that happened what happened but I am glad that everything is back to what was supposed to happen." 😅

I couldn't stop reading it. It's a binge-read-esque especially if you enjoy any form of media in books. This whole book is written in Slack chat format and if you are familiar with Slack (or even with any team messaging platform), you would enjoy the digs that the author has taken on office culture and the work-from-home scenario. It reminded me of the pre-Covid era when we used to go to the office and the days were spent in office gossip 😬

There are of course lots of gifs and emoticons involved. And, surprise surprise, Slackbot is a CHARACTER! So basically the story is about a group of PR agency employees sharing their daily shenanigans and office stuff solely through Slack. Gerald is mostly working from home and he is allowed to do so because of his high productivity. But one day he somehow accidentally uploads his own consciousness into Slack and he can't get out though he asks for assistance from Help Center but for no use.

There are humourous elements, sci-fi and existential elements and they slowly creep into the story. The main focus is to show how these project communications channels, like Slack and MS Teams, have taken over communication in general in office scenarios and their best and ill effects as well.

This is a timely book I would say, considering these digital programs will keep changing over the years. But for now, I would say, this one is quite bizarre and crazy and a fun read. You would try to find a plot but actually, there is none (kind of). It is just meant for you to relax and read and enjoy things getting all crazy. You get what I mean?

I don't think this book is going to be for everyone, but if you like reading weird and fun stuff, then it is quite short and hilarious and you should give it a chance.