A review by spinstah
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer

5.0

This was really interesting - it's the story of an expedition of nameless women who are sent into "Area X," where something has happened - in the universe of the story, no one seems to know. This is the twelfth expedition, and the story is told from the perspective of the biologist, whose husband was on the previous one. It's strange and unsettling and swings along at a rapid pace. It's the first in a series, which I didn't know initially, but I to plan to read the rest. Definitely recommend this for fans of sci if and dystopian type fiction.

July 2019: rereading these back to back and I was definitely less disoriented this time through. I think I picked up more of the nuance of the story, which will help with the next two installments. Also bumped the rating from 4 to 5, anything that holds up this well on a reread deserves it!