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pitchblackkoi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Self harm, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cancer
hellavaral's review against another edition
3.25
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Cancer
magicalsocks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
- because i'm alive. because i'm walking through wilderness on a beautiful day.
the way jeff vandermeer weaves together sci-fi and meditations on nature and psychological horror and existential horror and the mundanity of daily routines and the tenderness of friendship and mystery and surrealism and romance....
gloria and saul. saul and charlie. the biologist and her husband. the biologist and her owl. gloria and whitby. gloria and her mother. gloria and grace. grace and her girlfriend. ghost bird and the biologist. ghost bird hugging john while he sleeps. saul wanting to ask charlie to dance. the veteran asking gloria to dance. okay. okay. okay.
THE LOVE WAS THERE. IT DIDN'T CHANGE ANYTHING. IT DIDN'T SAVE ANYONE. THERE WERE JUST TOO MANY FORCES AGAINST IT. BUT IT STILL MATTERS THAT THE LOVE WAS THERE ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜ðŸ˜
what am i to say? that i do not miss him?
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, and Blood
Moderate: Cancer, Gun violence, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Cursing and Alcohol
michaelion's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Misogyny and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Animal death, Cancer, and Homophobia
applesodaperson's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
This book switched between 3 different perspectives. One was a flashback to the lighthouse keeper before Area X was created. It was interesting to see how
Overall, the constant switching between perspectives and time lines left me a bit confused. So I did like this book, but like Authority, it failed to love up to the sheer terror and brilliance that is Annihilation. That book was just pure art and the other two just failed to reach that high.
Read borrowed copy from a friend.
Moderate: Death and Violence
emilywemily6's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death, Gun violence, Grief, and Murder
Minor: Cancer and Alcohol
samdalefox's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.75
Acceptance is written in second person ( Idon't understand or feel the reason why), from five people's point of view; Control, Ghost Bird, The Director, Saul (the lighthouse keeper), and the Biologist. We get some answers, none are satisfying. The tone and pace of the book are boring, no mystery, tension, or dread that I've been seeking since Annihilation.
Final gripe - the audiobook quality was spotty. The voices sometimes sounded far away, as if there were two recordings spliced together. This was offputting since the change happened every few sentences, not at expected intervals such as for an entire chapter.
"But what if you discover that the process of purpose is to render invisible so many other things?"
Others' reviews that I strongly resonate with
txw9394's review:
I enjoy how this series explores insanity in the face of something truly unknowable, but the unknowable here is also apparently unwritable for the author. The descriptions of the central mysteries that surround Area X are so deliberately vague they almost always failed to make me feel anything. Just kind of bummed, because again the premise is fascinating.
ahna's review:
As the conclusion to a trilogy, I expected it to answer the questions around Area X set up by the first two books. While it does answer some, it leaves much wanting, and not in a thought-provoking way. Simply in a disappointing way.
ryanmcweeny's review:
never come close to capturing the brilliance of annihilation. There are some answers but nothing truly satisfying and no new mysteries to excite the imagination.
Minor: Animal death, Body horror, Cancer, and Death
aileron's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Body horror
Moderate: Animal death, Cancer, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal cruelty, Death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and Violence
jazhandz's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death
lynxpardinus's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Terminal illness, and Violence
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Cancer, Blood, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Alcohol
Minor: Homophobia and Suicide