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reviewed Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer (The Southern Reach Trilogy, #1)

Jeff VanderMeer: Annihilation (Paperback, 2014, Farrar, Straus and Giroux) 4 stars

Area X has been cut off from the rest of the world for decades. Nature …

Review of 'Annihilation' on 'Goodreads'

1 star

I don't think I can continue the series... I'm really at a loss for words. 1) The "journal" style writing lacked any depth into the character. Even when she spoke of her past...it remained guarded. 2) Nothing is explained...nothing. She makes assumptions, but the reader spends the entire book not knowing what's going on. If you are truly reading a journal, then you are bound to have context otherwise there is no meaning in the reading... 0 context is given. 3) I feel like the writer is lazy. There were more than one occasions that he specifically makes a statement that he left out context or something actually interesting to the reader intentionally to "ensure the reader sees this as an impartial account", but it is anything but impartial. Her motivations are key but that story is left wanting. 4) Where are we going? It's like I literally found volume 5 of 13 in someone's personal life accounts in the sand and decided to read it. Yes there were interesting events, yes there were sympathetic characters, but I have no idea where they came from our where they are going... What is the point of this book... OK so maybe I'm not at a loss for words...