Reviews for Jeff Vandermeer

There are 3 reviews of 3 books with an average score of 2.67 (out of 4).

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Acceptance

Book #3 in Southern Reach Trilogy
2018-01-30
Ultimately, I’m disappointed. He took all this time to build a world and we don’t really definitely find out what happens I what anything means. There’s a lot of colorful descriptors and dream/hallucination sequences, but not much in the way of explanation. I think it’ll make a better movie than book, which is HIGHLY unusual.
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Control

Book #2 in Southern Reach Trilogy
2017-07-09
Slow in the middle, but picked up. Lacked some of the tension and mystery from the first one. Excited to see where the finale goes. Hopefully there are some answers!
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Annihilation

Book #1 in Southern Reach Trilogy
2016-06-30
A book that starts out by asking a lot of questions and having a fairly strict premise. It answers some of the questions eventually but drags after it departs from said premise. Generally enjoyable, but I would have enjoyed it more if it had been a little more focused.

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