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Annihilation

Jeff VanderMeer

3.84 AVERAGE

adventurous slow-paced

I am probably missing something. Interesting story but too much unresolved. The author builds up a mystery and then just doesn’t let us see the explanation
adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark mysterious tense

This was a very interesting book. I was very hooked and could not put it down. It totes a fun line of Lovecraftian with psychological thriller. It does get a bit up its own ass at the end but it was still an excellent read.
adventurous challenging dark mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

a fast paced and tight mystery with no possible good or clear ending. anyone who calls the ending unsatisfactory missed every flashing sign in the rest of the book telling you not to trust the narrator or the world.
some key quotes that wormed into my brain:
-"I was thinking of having discovered my husband's journal, and how in some ways that discovery was worse than its absence." 
-"And I never did look back, for better or worse... There are certain kinds of deaths that one should not be expected to relive, certain kinds of connec-tions so deep that when they are broken you feel the snap of the link inside you."

insane book. fast and short and horrifying <3
challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated