Annihilation (Southern Reach Trilogy, #1)

by Jeff VanderMeer

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I’m 0-for-3 on the quick, fun reads lately. This book is so short, but I almost gave up at least three different times. Nothing happens, the characters aren’t intriguing, the plot twists are so vague as to be practically meaningless.

There are a few good lines, like “Perhaps I should have left the psychologist alone, let her die without providing any answers, but I could not find that level of grace within me.”

Or, “Was it the remnants of the scientist in me, trying to regroup, trying to apply logic when all that mattered was survival?”

But without the emotional hook, they’re just that: good lines. I want the good story.