Well, I clearly needed a change of pace in my reading, and this is definitely a lighter book than what I've been reading recently! It's a book club book, and for once I've managed to finish it well before we're meeting. This is partly because the entire story is told through Slack conversations in various channels of a PR firm, which makes it an extremely quick read. It centers on Gerard, who one day discovers that he has somehow become disconnected from his physical body and now only exists in Slack.
Luckily (?) for him, he's still able to do his job fully remotely, and since he no longer needs sleep or can do anything else, his productivity has skyrocketed. He's helped by Pradeep, one of his co-workers, who helps keep his body alive while he's stuck in Slack, and the slackbot, who shows him how to explore all of the channels and is generally quite helpful and also slightly creepy. It is a fun exploration of how communication happens online and I really enjoyed it.
Grade: B
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