taliatalksbooks 's review for:

Dead Astronauts by Jeff VanderMeer

3.0

challenging mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Dead Astronauts by Jeff Vandermeer is the sequel to Borne in that it takes place in the same world, where an all powerful company is at the center of the stories. This story focuses on a variety of characters, and is in every single way atmospheric. If the character is confused, you are confused. If the character is scared, you find yourself becoming creeped out. If the character begins to have an existential crisis you, too, feel as though you are having an existential crisis. Obviously that style isn’t for everyone, and while I would say this wasn’t my favorite story, I did love how atmospheric it felt. I just wish this had a little bit more of a plot structure. There were certain sections I liked better than others, and some that just made a little more sense overall, but again, the ones that were a bit confusing were meant to make the reader feel that way, so it was successful if you like that type of thing. If you’re really into atmospheric stories that don’t follow traditional structure, I would definitely check out this book (and no, you don’t really need to read Borne before your read Dead Astronauts they just take place in the same world and have some similar references but both stand alone).