Genre: Literary
Satire/Magical Realism/Humor
Description:
“Running a country is hard. Running a human body is worse.
Deep inside you—or someone very much like you—the Brain clocks in
every morning to run a very small, very noisy nation.
They call him the Boss.
The Stomach files complaints. The Liver pulls unpaid overtime. The
Bladder calls emergency sessions at the worst possible moments. And the
guileless Heart hasn't taken a day off in years.
The departments have questions. So many questions.
The Boss has an answer for every one of them.
Except one.
Control Room: Never a Day Off— everyday life, as seen from inside your own
body.”
Author:
Bo Park is a South Korean author. Prior to this book he wrote a six
book science fiction series.
Appraisal:
This is a clever book. Just imagine your brain (aka “the control
room”) as the boss of a bunch of employees who are all on a team to run the
system (aka “your body”). In a way, that’s the reality. But if you’ve ever been
the boss you know that being the boss isn’t as great as some people think it is
and that comes through here in an amusing and clever way that had me laughing,
but also got me thinking.
The author of the book is South Korean and throws a few South Korean
terms in occasionally where I had no clue what they meant. However, I was able
to understand well enough from the context to get the point in most instances
and there is a glossary that defines these words if you need to refer to it, so
if the story appeals otherwise this shouldn’t be a deal breaker.
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Format/Typo
Issues:
No significant issues.
Rating: ****
Four Stars
Reviewed
by: BigAl
Approximate word count: 45-50,000 words
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