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Authority

Jeff VanderMeer

3.56 AVERAGE

ianalso's review against another edition

5.0

mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

holy shit dude. if annihilation was a woman freely going through and welcoming a horrifying transformation, this book was a man not seeing the horrifying transformation train barreling right at him as he experiences the worst possible intro week to his new job.

mostly slow pased and surreal for the first 3/4 but really turns into a horror of change and outrunning the inevitable in the last quarter.

if you have any issues with contamination or germaphobia you probably didnt read the first one but maybe also dont read this one.

furion's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

A bit longer than the Annihilation and a bit slower paced, both I attribute to Control's backstory and character interrogation passages. Regarding Area X - with every question answered, two more arise. The mystery grows thicker with each passing page.

willcoopertheactor's review against another edition

3.0

I enjoyed reading it overall, but coming off the excellent first book where it is very creepy throughout the story, this one has many slow parts. The parts where things happen are great! But it's not enough.