Then We Came to the End in DC Public Library

Sep 21, 2022 Molly rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2022

Then We Came to the End has one of the best endings I've ever read. So many books fall apart in the last chapter, but this one, that had me questioning if I was really enjoying it or not, nailed it.

I am a person who has hobbies and a life outside of work but also leans into the coworker community. I was worried that I would be the subject of derision based on reviews of Then We Came to the End but found it instead to be a sharp, insightful take on the nature of our relationships with our collea ...more

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Jan 18, 2008 martha rated it really liked it

Shelves: year-2008

I'm so impressed with how this book is not only written in the first person plural, but that it manages to reinvent itself several times as it progresses and actually achieve emotional resonance, rather than just being a narrative pony trick.

The book is about office life, written in the we-voice of that particular group dynamic and is both funny and sad. How it starts:

"WE WERE FRACTIOUS AND overpaid. Our mornings lacked promise. At least those of us who smoked had something to look forward to at ...more

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May 27, 2008 Christina rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2008

Entertaining, very fast read about an office going through layoffs. It's written in first person plural ("we") so you really get a sense of feeling like one of the employees. Some of the minutiae of the office drama can be tiresome to read, but other episodes are hilarious so maybe that's part of the brilliance of writing the book this way. There's an intriguing exploration of the pack mentality -- how people can collectively be cruel and horrible and petty, even as they recognize that's what th ...more

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