Area X is back and y’all it was wild. The pacing of this novel was really well done. I easily found myself falling back into the world of Southern Reach and Area X as if this book wasn’t being released a decade after the original trilogy. I loved the structure of this novel and getting to see the three of parts of it play out. VanderMeer is an expert of writing scenes that make my skin absolutely crawl. This book had so many scenes just like that that made me put down the book to take a break. It’s haunting and I know that I’ll be carrying a bit of Area X and Southern Reach with me forever.