snarlinger reviewed Acceptance by Jeff VanderMeer (The Southern Reach Trilogy, #3)
Review of 'Acceptance'
4 stars
Very humanising ending to a story about the inhuman Area X.
341 pages
English language
Published Dec. 27, 2014 by Macmillan.
4 stars
(41 reviews)
From the publisher---
It is winter in Area X, the mysterious wilderness that has defied explanation for thirty years, rebuffing expedition after expedition, refusing to reveal its secrets. As Area X expands, the agency tasked with investigating and overseeing it--the Southern Reach--has collapsed on itself in confusion. Now one last, desperate team crosses the border, determined to reach a remote island that may hold the answers they've been seeking. If they fail, the outer world is in peril.
Meanwhile, Acceptance tunnels ever deeper into the circumstances surrounding the creation of Area X--what initiated this unnatural upheaval? Among the many who have tried, who has gotten close to understanding Area X--and who may have been corrupted by it?
In this New York Times bestselling final installment of Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach trilogy, the mysteries of Area X may be solved, but their consequences and implications are no less profound--or terrifying.
moving to outside.ofa.dog reviewed Acceptance by Jeff VanderMeer (The Southern Reach Trilogy, #3)
Fitting end to an amazing series
4 stars
I don't think I liked this book quite as much as the previous two, but it still sucked me in and I'm not sure how better the trilogy could have been wrapped up. There are a lot of still unanswered questions at the end, which feels fitting but something about the style of this one felt like a tease, where the previous two volumes felt more convincingly like the answers simply weren't there to be had.
I still love and strongly recommend this trilogy overall.
Joar reviewed Acceptance by Jeff VanderMeer (The Southern Reach Trilogy, #3)
Review of 'Acceptance' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Interesting book, but as some previous reviewers have pointed out, still a lot of unanswered questions. I was hoping for a little more closure, but all in all, a gorgeously written series that I really enjoyed, even if I didn’t end up fully getting it.
loppear reviewed Acceptance by Jeff VanderMeer (The Southern Reach Trilogy, #3)
Review of 'Acceptance' on Goodreads
3 stars
An entirely good finish to the story, even if nothing really made sense.
marksutherland reviewed Acceptance by Jeff VanderMeer (The Southern Reach Trilogy, #3)
Review of 'Acceptance' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
If you've ever wondered what Lost might have been like if the writers actually knew where they are going, this might give you an idea. It also feels like a version of Roadside Picnic with more attention paid to the biology and ecology of the region, and the melancholic inner lives of the humans trapped in its orbit. I'm intrigued to see how Annihilation is adapted for the big screen and if it draws from the rest of the series or takes its own path.
