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A review by logarithms
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
4.0
I really liked this book.
I liked the main character, her thought process and her understanding. Reading this I experienced one of the strongest connections I've had with a character. The scene at the lighthouse (which I consider the turning point) hit really close to home. The moment when she steps out of the lighthouse after discovering and reading the journals and sees the psychologist dying, realising the psychologist has been there the whole time (for once, waiting for her, full well believing that the journals would occupy her longer than the psychologist could stay alive). Delving deep into a crazed curiosity, then returning to reality and finding out that parallel to your task, the people around you would not wait, and there was no more time for them is a feeling I've experienced and a theme that constantly appears in my dreams.
I liked how in the end, all of her skill, technique and intellect couldn't help her pursue her life's interest, and she was forced to fall back and rethink everything.
Additionally, I like how despite the biologists constant reasoning and scientific thinking, she really doesn't come off as an expert or a professional. I like to believe that she's actually a crappy biologist with skewed opinions of herself.
I liked the main character, her thought process and her understanding. Reading this I experienced one of the strongest connections I've had with a character. The scene at the lighthouse (which I consider the turning point) hit really close to home. The moment when she steps out of the lighthouse after discovering and reading the journals and sees the psychologist dying, realising the psychologist has been there the whole time (for once, waiting for her, full well believing that the journals would occupy her longer than the psychologist could stay alive). Delving deep into a crazed curiosity, then returning to reality and finding out that parallel to your task, the people around you would not wait, and there was no more time for them is a feeling I've experienced and a theme that constantly appears in my dreams.
I liked how in the end, all of her skill, technique and intellect couldn't help her pursue her life's interest, and she was forced to fall back and rethink everything.
Additionally, I like how despite the biologists constant reasoning and scientific thinking, she really doesn't come off as an expert or a professional. I like to believe that she's actually a crappy biologist with skewed opinions of herself.