Discontent by Beatriz SerranoMy rating: 4.25 of 5 stars
As I tend towards books about work, mostly fictional, this book piqued my interest. A translated fictional account of Marisa working in an ad agency. I quite enjoyed it.
Marisa spends most of her days avoiding work and watching YouTube videos instead. She has multiple accounts to choose from when commenting and thrives on all the likes and replies. For her paying job she tends to delegate to get the work done.
The book is only from Marisa’s point of view, and is mostly internal dialog, although there are conversations and some descriptions. The format worked for me to have the closeness of the main character. Marisa is having a rough time of it. She has a very hard time facing another day of work and relies a bit too heavily on medications to make it through.
Perhaps one of Marisa’s downfalls is she has very few friends. The one person she befriended at work is now gone. Marisa now skips the therapy sessions and just relies on getting refills for her anxiety. Yet she does need friends.
There is humor in the book, dry and cynical and at moments farcical. Yet the book addresses a very serious problem with meaningless work, isolation and the feeling of being stuck in corporate job with no good alternatives.
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