A review by emkatsteen
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer

5.0

I have never felt this way about a book before. I was genuinely shocked and scared and amazed and surprised. I never knew what was coming. Wow wow wow. One of my favorite books of all time. The suspense was absolutely crazy. My heart beat so fast the entire time. Such an energy of suspicion and dread. The fact that the 4 main characters are all women is surprising and delightful and made it seem even more mysterious? I loved the unsettling, creepy mystery of it. Reminded me of the writing of the Westing Game? I love that it was revealed to us in snippets as the story progressed. It wasn't overexplained at the beginning, which helped hook me by literally page 13. WOW!!!