Reviews for Books in The Southern Reach Trilogy series

by Jeff Vandermeer

I've read all of the 3 books in this series. There are 3 reviews of those books for an average score of 2.67 (out of 4).

I rated this series

overall and said:

Spooky and interesting, but didn't come to a satisfying enough conclusion to really stick the landing.

Book #1

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.

2016-06-30
Book #2

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!

2017-07-09
Book #3

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.

2018-01-30

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