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Week 34: Progress Post
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It acts a bit like an organism, like skin with a million greedy mouths instead of cells or pores.
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This is the third book in the Southern Reach series by Jeff VanderMeer, so there may be spoilers for the first and second books below.
In this book, there are different timelines that explore the events that happened before Area X and after what happened in Book 2. There are also more POVs. Area X is expanding while the Southern Reach is collapsing. A few people find themselves drawn to A ...more
Acceptance, the third and final installments of Jeff VanderMeer’s Southern Reach Trilogy, not only picks up the tale from where the author left us at the end of
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To say I devoured this trilogy is an understatement as I end up reading this 3rd book during the night, being incapable of closing it. This one brings a lot of closure on how events started, how they evolded and what will happen after is let to our imagination, it was a delight and exactly what I was waiting. I'm so involved in the Southern Reach these days that I immediately started re-reading Annihilation again, just to discover it all with the knowledge I already have. I think I will wander o
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It's compelling writing and interesting characters that make this trilogy as good as it is. It's big on hearing about people's thoughts and small on action. But that's okay because by this point the characters are all so familiar that you want to know what they are thinking, and it's interesting to get inside their heads.
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I was disappointed by this series overall. The first book is excellent and I would recommend it as a stand alone read- as long as you are ok with having some unanswered questions . Honestly, even after you read the entire series you will still have unanswered questions. But at least if you only read book 1, you will have spared yourself 600 pages of "meh".
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The series may grow on me in time but for now, it's a good solid 3.
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