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A review by marareading
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
2.0
This book was not for me. The beginning was so interesting. This sci-fi just didn't work for me.
In this book Area X had been cut off by a strange border from the world for decades. The government has been sending expeditions of varying types to try to explore, and non are fully successful... and apparently not in the way they think. No one returns the same.
We are following the Biologist's perspective (along with an anthropologist and psychologist) on the recent expedition. This is an all female expedition. One of my issues is the male author writing the perspective of a female and her emotions... it just didn't land for me. I also don't think I got what he was trying to do with Area X. Metaphor maybe? There was too much that just wasn't there for me. Too much was unexplained. I likely won't continue with the trilogy
In this book Area X had been cut off by a strange border from the world for decades. The government has been sending expeditions of varying types to try to explore, and non are fully successful... and apparently not in the way they think. No one returns the same.
We are following the Biologist's perspective (along with an anthropologist and psychologist) on the recent expedition. This is an all female expedition. One of my issues is the male author writing the perspective of a female and her emotions... it just didn't land for me. I also don't think I got what he was trying to do with Area X. Metaphor maybe? There was too much that just wasn't there for me. Too much was unexplained. I likely won't continue with the trilogy
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, and Murder
Minor: Alcoholism