Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer

Annihilation is our second place selection for November. We decided to choose a second book for people who want to have a little more variety and want to do more than one book in a month. I am looking forward to the discussion on this one. I saw the movie when it came out but am really interested to experience the story in book form.

  • runningromeo
    20·
    1 year ago

    Really enjoyed the first book. Started questioning things in the second. By the third, I was hate reading it to get to the end.

    Without spoiling it, the ending completely failed to land for me. Just a hodgepodge of incomplete ideas and loose ends… If it was just the first book they could’ve told other stories and built a Lovecraftian mythos around it, but instead they had to go for the 3 book deal and by the end it was just too much toast and not enough butter for me.

    • edric@lemm.ee
      4·
      1 year ago

      This is why I stopped after the first book. I’ve seen a ton of people having that exact same sentiment.

    • AcornCarnage@lemmy.world
      2·
      1 year ago

      I don’t often give up on books, but I couldn’t finish the third. Maybe one day I’ll go back, but yeah, it all went downhill after the first one.