Annihilation (Southern Reach Trilogy, #1)

Item: Annihilation
Rating: 3.00
Author: ross91

by Jeff VanderMeer

’A contemporary masterpiece’ Guardian
THE FIRST VOLUME OF THE EXTRAORDINARY SOUTHERN REACH TRILOGY – NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY ALEX GARLAND (EX MACHINA) AND STARRING NATALIE PORTMAN AND OSCAR ISAAC

For thirty years, Area X has remained mysterious and remote behind its intangible border – an environmental disaster zone, though to all appearances an abundant wilderness.

The Southern Reach, a secretive government agency, has sent eleven expeditions to investigate Area X. One has ended in mass suicide, another in a hail of gunfire, the eleventh in a fatal cancer epidemic.

Now four women embark on the twelfth expedition into the unknown.

Reviewed by ross91 on Oct 17, 2017

3 of 5 stars

The idea is great, but I didn't understand a single thing.
There's no explanation whatsoever and I confess I decided to read the summary of the next two books just because I wanted to know what happened but didn't have the strength to read 2 full books...
The movie trailer seems cool though!

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