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reviewed Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer (The Southern Reach Trilogy, #1)

Jeff VanderMeer: Annihilation (Paperback, 2014, Farrar, Straus and Giroux) 4 stars

Area X has been cut off from the rest of the world for decades. Nature …

Review of 'Annihilation' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

I really enjoyed this book! I am honestly a little surprised at how many people found it boring, but I was quickly wrapped up in the world and enamoured by our narrator's priorities changed and her detailed descriptions of the environment.

Perhaps the writing was a bit dry for some, but I found it on par with H.P. Lovecraft; although far less racist (so infinitely better than Lovecraft).