Alex M reviewed Gervais Principle by Venkatesh Rao
Review of 'Gervais Principle' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
Some of the reviewers of this book start by asking themselves "What did I just read?"
I feel you, fellow reviewers.
The book--a series of blog posts in fact--starts reasonably enough by identifying three categories of office workers: the clueless, the losers, and the sociopaths. Sure, a bit reductionist, and a bit myopic, but fine, so be it.
It then proceeds to use (the same few) examples from "The Office" (the US version) to drive home the point.
I'm not sure what the author is going for: a sociological study? an economics lesson? a philosophical essay? all of the above?
The result is increasingly hard to follow, and I had to force myself to read (almost) to the end.
Seriously, never again. A blog post is a blog post is a blog post.
