A review by mitskacir
Acceptance by Jeff VanderMeer

3.0

I really wanted to like this book because I thought the first one was so interesting. I was hoping that this one would tie up loose ends and finally provide some answers, but I didn't feel like it did. The poetic language that I enjoyed in the first book became boring and pretentious in a book 2 or 3 times its length. I am convinced by this book that the most pretentious word that exists is "preternatural." The characters were cold and unrelatable, as they all fell into at least one of three categories: paranoid, manipulative, or all-knowing. Overall, a disappointing conclusion to some really unique and interesting ideas presented in the first book.