joshbrown 's review for:

Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer

3.0

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It is a strange experience reading this book after seeing the movie. Both stories are very different, but they echo each other in ways that relate to the themes that both stories are trying to tell. So yeah, weird. I definitely prefer the film, which brings more emotion and character to the table than this book does. I do admire the book though, for committing itself to a world that has left reason and sense behind, even if that means the reader is left behind as well.