Annihilation: A Novel (10th Anniversary Edition) (The Southern Reach Series, 1)

The story was creepy, thrilling and left me wanting to read more. Any you know reading it while high just amplified the strange beauty and dread of Area X. The Journey into the unknown stoned, sparked my imagination and left me pondering the nature of reality. Definitely a must read. I cant wait to read the next book.

While the book was written in a unique style, never giving away the narrator’s actual name, I think it added more to the secrecy and mystery of Area X rather than took away from it. However, it makes it easy to not become attached to the narrator. Though, she does a quite a bit of that on her own.

Meanwhile, I enjoyed the constant offer of strange phenomenon within Area X. It kept my interest piqued. I wanted to know more. I wanted to understand. I wanted answers, but this is where the author left me, never fully answering my questions. This is where the ‘strange’ part comes in.

The author showed me all the details of the inner-workings of Area X, or at least the parts that interest our narrator, but even so, it’s muddled. There are no clear answers, leaving me with a sense of receiving no answers at all. It’s maddening, really! *pulls hair out* And the lack of definite answers to my questions felt like a cop-out on the author’s part, like they were too lazy or unsure about what was really in their world and they chose not to define it. -.- <– this is me glaring at the author.

Even so, when it comes right down to it, the book was fascinating. I loved the world building and the way the plot developed: always keeping me on my toes. The characters interacted in abnormal, yet extraordinary ways and each one of them kept me drawn in, wanting– No. Craving to know more. Yet, I left my review at 3 stars because of this resolution that felt nothing like a resolution.

this was really fun to read! it’s short and has lots of psychological thriller as well as actual plot to spur you on. i liked how each character was made to be almost like a character in a game or something, it added to the vibes. the ending left me a bit dissatisfied but i guess there are sequels so. i don’t really understand what her husband saw in our mc though, it seemed like she didn’t give much to the relationship….

roomie book bracket #6
rating: 4 stars

An expedition into the Everglades of a transformed world. Narrator is a biologist, who goes in with four other women- after her husband dies, who’s been on the previous expedition. The tower, the lighthouse, the crawler. Mysterious world.

This book genuinely made me so nervous and unsettled and I loved it.... I am not usually a fan of scary things and this wasn't necessarily scary but oh boy did it make me UNEASY I was filled with dread while I was reading it just waiting for something awful to happen. I started the sequel immediately and bought the third right after