Reviews

Acceptance by Jeff VanderMeer

didzis's review

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

• 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? No

4.0

laughingvictorian's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.25

killahkayyy_'s review

dark mysterious 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? No

3.0

It was a task to get through this book. It took me a while to garner up enough interest to get past the first chapter honestly. It took a while for me to get where things were going. Once I finally got the picture, I was focused on the answers and they were there but,  I’m not sure if I truly understand the answers. But I’m going to roll with my understanding on things.
Overall, the book was very well written and you had to really take a dive into the meaning of the words on the page. Things were far from black and white. I enjoyed that about it though. It really created a lot of mystery and aloofness around the plot. 
There were some twists and reveals I wasn’t anticipating. I do feel like a lot of my original questions were answered but there are still some answers I’m needing to old and new questions. 
I enjoyed the multiple timelines to piece things today for this “finale” of sorts but there is a fourth book coming so I’ll probably look into it. 

nowns's review

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

bmack's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

maio's review

dark mysterious

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

3.75

mundosentreletras's review against another edition

slow-paced

2.0

wemilyebb's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• 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

5.0

michaelion's review

adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced

• 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

So dramatic. I liked it better than the second book but not enough that I want to read the fourth book that's gonna come out. I take back what I said in my review for the first book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Body horror, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Misogyny and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Homophobia, Animal death, and Cancer

mysterystarship's review

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.5