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Charles Nelson asked this question about Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1):
This has been a difficult book to get through...out of sheer boredom. I'm about a third of the way through...the biologist is just reaching the lighthouse. Does this get any better?
Eric McElyea Well this is an ambiguous book, the excitement in it is accepting the ambiguity and letting yourself proceed through it with the same lack of knowledg…moreWell this is an ambiguous book, the excitement in it is accepting the ambiguity and letting yourself proceed through it with the same lack of knowledge that the protagonist has. If you want to be slapped in the face with easy to digest sci-fi/fantasy action its probably not a book for you.(less)
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Annihilation
by Jeff VanderMeer (Goodreads Author)
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