Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer

7 reviews

lordofdisorder's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, and Confinement

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Alcoholism

msradiosilence's review

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Self harm, Body horror, Confinement, Grief, Murder, Suicide, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Suicide attempt, Violence, Cursing, Death, and Sexual content

kinddog2073's review

adventurous dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Read this because I loved the film based on it that came out a few years ago and have rewatched it several times. I didn't know much of what to expect going in, but had read Hummingbird Salamander a few months ago and found that there was much to recognise in the tone and attitude of the narrator towards the reader. Vandermeer likes narrators that hold back information, at least between these two novels. This book landed better than Hummingbird Salamander for me, mostly due to it being far less hopelessly nihilistic. I suppose Vandermeer might be feeling a bit less hopeful about climate crisis recently... can't blame him for that really.

The themes in this book felt a lot more relatable to me, regarding assimilation and especially guardedness in relationships. Hummingbird Salamander had far fewer relatable elements in it for me, perhaps aside from the paranoia of the narrator as a security researcher.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, and Suicide

Minor: Alcohol, Gun violence, and Animal death

nojerama's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism

planetaryrings's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, and Violence

Minor: Medical content and Sexual content

brittsmith's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

A very interesting book. Much different then the movie for sure. I liked the book more. Not sure if I’ll continue the series but I did like this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Cancer, Confinement, Death, Grief, Murder, and Suicide

lisrt's review

adventurous dark informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I enjoyed it so much, especially the main character, but the way it ended was oddly out-of-character and kind of disappointing. Maybe it was meant to be out-of-character? I can't tell at this point, and it's a series so I won't judge until I've read where this is going. I'm giving this book a 4 because it was engaging and deeply scary right up until the end. However, there were too many loose ends and confusing scenes at the end of the book for me to give it that last star. I'll come back and change it if the rest of the series does something with them. (That's if I get a chance to read the next book.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Death

Moderate: Confinement and Gun violence

Minor: Mental illness