The author creates a soup mix of wonderment, mystery and foreboding to keep me turning the pages. I really only have one gripe about this book and it kind of bothers me that it is a gripe that i have because it fits the story.

Annihilation by jeff vandermeer is technically the start of a trilogy, but it also works as a stand alone noble. One of my favorite sci-fi novels of all time.

The tactics of effective storytelling are well-known. These stories create oversize worlds that promote many interpretative possibilities. I think the only thing that the slower pacing didn't help tooo much is that i found myself often forgetting why ...  Read More

Gradual mystery and creepiness in every chapter. While it is unnerving the uncanny isn't exactly monstrous. What a delightfully weird little book.

I read for enjoyment, and for me this just wasn't enjoyable. The setting is murky and unclear, with a sense of menace built upon mysteries that grows unpleasant rather than engaging.

It grows tiresome. Moaning unexplained.