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Authority by Jeff VanderMeer
4.0
dark reflective tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The book was really solid, I liked most of it. This was a really fast and well written book. I loved certain elements, and liked a lot of the rest of it. I will definitely be continuing the series. 
However, I was slightly off put by the aggressively gendered language used through out the entire book. Even when the main character is talking about someone whose gender he is not aware he used he/she and wo(man) to refer to the person. This didn’t really serve a purpose in the plot other than to establish the main characters odd feelings about the unknown character, which was also illustrated elsewhere.