21k reviews for:

Annihilation

Jeff VanderMeer

3.84 AVERAGE

lissybethr's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

xenataur's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

paulinaisreading's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: No

shmilga's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

kalona's review against another edition

3.5

mysterious sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

weo's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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And then there shall be a fire that knows the naming of you, and in the presence of the strangling fruit, its dark flame shall acquire every part of you that remains.

meowsir69's review against another edition

4.0

dark reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

xaihady's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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Beautiful, eerie, and poignant

de_worde's review against another edition

4.5

fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Atmospheric, bite-sized cosmic horror. Prose gave me literal chills. Following the biologist's journey here felt like seeing a small slice of the inevitable. 

rebeccagrnwd's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense