Cubicleland by Rook Winters is a hilarious and genuine tale about office politics, friendship, secrets, doughnuts, tachos, beer, and other real-world elements that go along with working in the tech industry.

I was given a copy of this book ages ago from Mr Rook Winters, and I am so thrilled that I finally had time to read it! Per usual, I am just kicking myself over taking so long! I had SO much fun reading this story and I dreaded putting it down!

Full disclosure: I was given a free copy of this book from the author in exchange for an honest review. This did not affect my rating in any way.

In this novel, we focus on a young adult named Luke who just wants to do what he can in order to be a great employee so he can move up in his career. Luke is upbeat, friendly, willing to take on extra work and work long hours without hesitation, and he recently joined the company softball team to develop his friendships with others in the office. He even brings doughnuts to each of the Monday morning stand-ups!

Things seem to be going well for Luke, but when he is accidentally copied on an internal email that shares some very upsetting information, he has a major internal struggle. Does he let the higher ups know that he was accidentally copied, does he share the information with his team, or does he just keep quiet?

From my introduction, some of you may be wondering, what are tachos? My friends, those are tater-tot nachos. Yum! With all of the mentions of doughnuts, tachos, coffee, tea, and craft beer... You may want to have snacks ready while reading this book.

Like I mentioned above, this book was so realistic. Rook Winters did an absolutely amazing job setting the scene, developing the characters, and writing up a plot that kept you nervously awaiting the end results.

The characters all seemed wonderfully real, to the point where I felt like I really knew them. I couldn't help but think of people in my own office that were very similar to each of the characters.

Needless to say, I hated when I had to put this book down. I just wanted to keep reading to see how everything would turn out for these characters that I started thinking about as friends.

My final thoughts:
This book is so upbeat and fun. It was truly a treat to read! Of course there is drama that will make you anxious and office politics that will make your blood boil, but there are also many situations that will make you laugh and the banter between the coworkers is just so fun.

If you have ever worked in an office setting, or work in one now, I highly recommend this book!

Thanks for reading!
Have you ever worked in an office setting? I work in one now and I couldn't help but related some of the situations in this book to things that I have seen over the past year with my job.