Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer

Annihilation is our second place selection for November. We decided to choose a second book for people who want to have a little more variety and want to do more than one book in a month. I am looking forward to the discussion on this one. I saw the movie when it came out but am really interested to experience the story in book form.

  • runningromeo@aussie.zone
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    1 year ago

    Really enjoyed the first book. Started questioning things in the second. By the third, I was hate reading it to get to the end.

    Without spoiling it, the ending completely failed to land for me. Just a hodgepodge of incomplete ideas and loose ends… If it was just the first book they could’ve told other stories and built a Lovecraftian mythos around it, but instead they had to go for the 3 book deal and by the end it was just too much toast and not enough butter for me.

    • edric@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      This is why I stopped after the first book. I’ve seen a ton of people having that exact same sentiment.

    • Objects in Space@infosec.pubEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I actually read about 50% of it, but something about the writing style was not working for me and I was focused more on how it was written than what was written. Stopped reading it. I actually like the movie and wanted the details only a book can provide.

      Anyway maybe not relevant to you but if I don’t like it, I don’t read it. Too many other things to enjoy rather than trudging through something I don’t.