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A review by frasersimons
Area X: The Southern Reach Trilogy: Annihilation; Authority; Acceptance by Jeff VanderMeer
4.0
Extremely enjoyable series. I don’t really read horror much, but this was done really well and the premise just got me hooked. I had seen the Annihilation movie and was glad the book was such a different experience that makes use of the format immensely. It’s thought provoking, only sometimes “freaky”, and unlike anything I’ve read before.
There’s a bunch of advantages to reading the three books in this format but I feel like it mostly actually hampers the reading experience that things are staggered directly and you don’t have to wait at all because books 2 and especially 3 retread group you’ve just read, which just makes it feel bloated.
Otherwise I like the formatting a lot, actually. It’s a bit wider than most books and the person who did the layout did a great job. Most paragraphs don’t even carry on to the next spread. The artwork is cool and the spacing between books and chapters are cool. Glad I nabbed it, as I hadn’t read any of them previously.
There’s a bunch of advantages to reading the three books in this format but I feel like it mostly actually hampers the reading experience that things are staggered directly and you don’t have to wait at all because books 2 and especially 3 retread group you’ve just read, which just makes it feel bloated.
Otherwise I like the formatting a lot, actually. It’s a bit wider than most books and the person who did the layout did a great job. Most paragraphs don’t even carry on to the next spread. The artwork is cool and the spacing between books and chapters are cool. Glad I nabbed it, as I hadn’t read any of them previously.