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.

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runningromeo 18 points 3 years 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.

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GordomeansPhat 7 points 3 years ago

Are you me? Couldn't agree more. Enjoyed the first so much, kept going for some kind of resolution and got...blah.

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scytale 4 points 3 years ago

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

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AcornCarnage 2 points 3 years ago

I don't often give up on books, but I couldn't finish the third. Maybe one day I'll go back, but yeah, it all went downhill after the first one.

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