Title: Annihilation
Author: Jeff VanderMeer
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Summary: Area X has been unreachable to most for a long time. There have been eleven previous expeditions to Area X and many of them did not end well for one reason or another. This book is about the twelfth expedition, lead by a psychologist. She is accompanied by three other women: a biologist (the narrator), a surveyor and an anthropologist. What secrets are these women hiding? What will these women find?
Review: This book started off really creepy and is the first in a trilogy. Despite the three star rating, I liked this book a lot. However, I had some issues with the story development, which are difficult to share because I don't want to give away too much, so I'll try to be as vague as possible. For one, I was disappointed by the lack of character depth for most of the characters, although you get a lot of the narrator's back story. I like knowing what makes the characters tick. Two, because the story focuses so much on the narrator, some of the creepiness disappeared for me. Yet I'm still intrigued enough to read the next one.
Time to write: 4:38
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Thursday, October 2, 2014
Book review: We are all completely fine
Book review: We Are All Completely Fine
Author: Daryl Gregory
Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
Summary: Harrison, Stan, Barbara, Greta and Martin are all damaged in their own way and are brought together for some group therapy. Monsters are involved.
Review: This book was recommended to me by my husband, Aaron. Aaron's and my taste in books don't always intersect but Aaron thought I'd like it. I read the description and it seemed promising, and the book was more of a novella than a novel, so I gave him the benefit of the doubt. What I missed in the description was the reference to monsters was literal. I thought the monsters were symbolic.
I'm not a huge fan of sci-fi, vampires, alternate worlds, that sort of thing. Interestingly enough, I seem to be okay with ghosts, because I'm reading a book about ghosts and magic and so far so good on that one. But I digress--that review will be written later. Anyway, I gave this two stars because I was turned off by the real monsters. A bond did develop with the group and that was right up my alley and there was certainly growth among the characters, but I just couldn't get past the monsters. However, if you like monsters, you might want to check it out.
Author: Daryl Gregory
Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
Summary: Harrison, Stan, Barbara, Greta and Martin are all damaged in their own way and are brought together for some group therapy. Monsters are involved.
Review: This book was recommended to me by my husband, Aaron. Aaron's and my taste in books don't always intersect but Aaron thought I'd like it. I read the description and it seemed promising, and the book was more of a novella than a novel, so I gave him the benefit of the doubt. What I missed in the description was the reference to monsters was literal. I thought the monsters were symbolic.
I'm not a huge fan of sci-fi, vampires, alternate worlds, that sort of thing. Interestingly enough, I seem to be okay with ghosts, because I'm reading a book about ghosts and magic and so far so good on that one. But I digress--that review will be written later. Anyway, I gave this two stars because I was turned off by the real monsters. A bond did develop with the group and that was right up my alley and there was certainly growth among the characters, but I just couldn't get past the monsters. However, if you like monsters, you might want to check it out.
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