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A worthy conclusion to the trilogy. It ties together the mysteries of the previous two books, but leaves open the meaning of the big picture. While there were some pointers as to what Area X actuallly is, I was longing for a bit more material to make sense of it. It makes sense that we can never fully understand it, but I will admit it leaves me slightly unsatisfied.

I wasn't a huge fan of the changing perspectives, although I saw their benefit for the narrative.

In general, a bit of the spark of the first two entries was lost for me here – not because Acceptance was worse, but because of the immense increase in available context from the other books to guide you through what's happening, reducing the unsettling nature somewhat. Which isn't to say Acceptance doesn't make you feel uneasy. It certainly does.

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"Buch der Stunde" trifft es sehr gut. Sehr viel relevante Analyse über die konkrete politische Situation in der wir uns derzeit befinden, mit einigen interessanten Ansätzen. Viele Appelle in dem Buch sind den meisten politisch besorgten Menschen vermutlich schon bekannt – trotzdem ist es gut, eine so umfangreiche Übersicht zu haben.

Hoppla

Despite being completely different from the first entry in terms of setting and protagonist, this worked perfectly as the continuation of the story. It was a contrast to other aspects of the first book, too: whereas Annihilation was intentionally built to be impersonal, distant from the characters (except the protagonist), Authority is the exact opposite in being all about the relationships between the protagonist and other characters. Inside of Area X vs. outside of Area X.

Again, this was excellently written, and, despite (or maybe because of) being outside of Area X this time, it was just as eerie as the first one!