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A much tougher read than Annihilation. You only really understand the scope of what's happening in the last 50 pages or so. Up until then, you're wading through bureaucracy and childhood trauma with only the occasional glimpse into something more sinister. I think it works? The character's quite twisted-up inside and his defenses are always up, so it makes sense that the story would be so dense. But I can't be sure. It warrants re-reading.

I find this book to be incredibly beautiful for some reason. It's about a woman who's disconnected from her own experience and so finds purpose in this intimidating, preternatural space. It's also about how words structure and take away meaning. And I think it's secretly also about climate trauma. It's a weird mix that exploits strange and primal fears inside of me.

DUMB AND BORING!!! NOTHING HAPPEN!!!! NOTHING HAPPEN AND THEN TWO THING HAPPEN AND THEN STORY ENDS!!!!! I'M CRYING!!!!!! I liked the beginning and the end though. It's where the satire and the horror stuff is at its best. I kind of wish it was written more like a B horror movie. It teases all this grim shit happening all over the world with sneaky little winks but you don't really see the effects of it until the very end. I wish this book was a different book. If this book was a different book that I liked, then I would like the book. This is what I call literary criticism. This is what I call DUMB AND BORING!!!!!