A review by libellum_aphrodite
Authority by Jeff VanderMeer

2.0

Getting into Southern Reach government conspiracy theories was a promising premise, but, alas, mostly squandered in political machinations that never really ended up anywhere. The many plotlines of Control's CIA family dynasty, the staff generally tormenting him like unruly kids after a new governess, and the still very unsolved everything about Area X all dragged on and on. At the end, Control's family is all wrapped up in it with little indication of why, Grace the assistant director "wins" with no meaningful character reveal, and Area X is still spreading with a fresh dramatic new boundary. Not much new information for 350 pages, but concluded with enough of a cliffhanger that I'll likely read the last one.