#lingma

[mylene-cb]

[yellowfoot-06]

LINGMA??

FUCKING L I N G M A ????

[coeur-d-artichaut]

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[natashatdsamani-blog]

Severance * * * * #severance #lingma #HomeLibrary #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookphotograph #bookphotographer #bibliophile #igreads #Reading #reading #read #Book #instabookclub #instabooks #bookworm #booklover #bookaholic #bookaddict #readersofinstagram #Readers #ilovebooks #readtolive #booknerd #booksofig📚📚📚 https://www.instagram.com/p/B6jzMy0Jr7C/?igshid=tt9q9g5kyemh

[thebeautyinthestruggle]

I’ve always enjoyed dystopian novels and particularly liked that this was sprinkled with some very pointed social commentary on race, class, and the global economy’s (at times) devastating consequences. #severanceanovel #lingma #instareads #bookreview #igreads #endoftheworld https://www.instagram.com/p/B0qqr4zpaoZ2EpFm4GCbuAvILPitenuEUUFmuw0/?igshid=177fv08z2fige

[friendshiptea]

Severance by Ling Ma.

This novel haunted me, but in a good way. I wasn’t sure from the description if I would like it or not. It isn’t action packed. It’s literary. It’s Millenial. It’s about immigration. It’s about capitalism. It’s about finding yourself alone at the end of the world. Shen fever is infecting the population. People are dying. Others are barely living, lost in a trance, never to recover. They repeat actions over and over again: a store clerk folds shirts, a mother sets the table, etc. They keep playing an endless loop of their former roles.

Candace was alive, healthy, and she was playing her role too. Parts that I liked that kept me imagining were how Candace kept working. She kept going to work and eventually moved into her workplace. She stayed until the end of her contract. I wonder if money mattered any at that point. What would it be like to be in downtown Manhattan and  you’re the only person alive? Or at least, you’re the only one without the fever?

This should be adapted to screen or netflix. Something.

Posted on 19 July 2019.

[herwitchinesss]

Ruthi Reads Review of “Severance” by Ling Ma! You can feel the utter desolation in NYC in this virus-driven apocalypse scenario in ways I’ve never felt reading an apocalyptic scenario ft NYC before. It felt like a vivid dream or a reality I’ve felt firsthand- something so much THERE in my mind that saying “I only read it, heard it on audiobook,” feels like a joke. Ling Ma has completely reinvented the sub genre for me. I’ve felt mostly bored with end of the world scenarios since I found out I was biologically Jewish & didn’t need to fake Christianity anymore, as it were. When it’s been the only thing dreamed of for decades as a reality, fiction is just boring at best or overly dark at worst, but Ling Ma accomplished both emotional bleakness overlaid with that most human feeling of all - hope, inspite of- in ways I’ve not ever experienced outside of religious texts or sermons. I’m really glad I bought this via Audible after seeing it recommended on some Booklr/Literature/Debut Authors/some blog or another’s page because I thoroughly enjoyed this novel & can’t recommend it enough. #booklr #bookstagram #books #reading #lingma #apocalypse https://www.instagram.com/p/BuKcjzznzBw/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=u3qovn7oanz3

[burrandeezombie]

#bookofthemonth #severance #onedayindecember #lingma #josiesilver #bookstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/BrmJI-Kn-3Vl1USEOqGVZ-sHPyxYrUCglC7ZoM0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=x48i1yeun65n