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A review by bratatouille
Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Love the prose in this. It’s incredibly immersive and gripping! I was locked in almost immediately. The protagonist’s thought process is so vulnerable and self-reflective as a consequence of her failed attempt to avoid both of those things. There is a haunting quality to the storytelling that allows for everything and nothing to be true. I enjoyed immensely that there are no named active characters in this, it allows for a strange sort of intimacy that would be lost in the identification/humanization of these people-shaped-places. She is not a hero! She is just a woman!