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It is winter in Area X, the mysterious wilderness that has defied explanation for thirty years, rebuffing expedition after expedition, refusing to reveal its secrets As Area X expands, the agency tasked with investigating and overseeing it the Southern Reach has collapsed on itself in confusion Now one last, desperate team crosses the border, determined to reach a remote island that may hold the answers they ve been seeking If they fail, the outer world is in peril.Meanwhile, Acceptance tunnels ever deeper into the circumstances surrounding the creation of Area X what initiated this unnatural upheaval Among the many who have tried, who has gotten close to understanding Area X and who may have been corrupted by it In this last installment of Jeff VanderMeer s Southern Reach trilogy, the mysteries of Area X may be solved, but their consequences and implications are no less profound or terrifying. Best Read [ Acceptance ] By [ Jeff VanderMeer ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr I m not sure why, but everything kind of fell apart for me on this one and, looking over the reviews, I m clearly in the minority on that The only story that was truly compelling to me was the Lightkeeper s Otherwise it just felt like a race to wrap up different story threads and tie it with a bow When you step back, not a whole lot of anything actually HAPPENS in this book People walk around Thoughts are processed We flash back to the past People marvel at Area X s o...Writing, for me, is like trying to restart an engine that has rested for years, silent and rusting, in an empty lot choked with water and dirt, infiltrated by ants and spiders and cockroaches Vines and weeds shoved into it and sprouting out of it A kind of coughing splutter, an eruption of leaves and dust, a voice that sounds a little like mine but is not the same as it was before I use my actual voice rarely enough There is this need for people trapped in Area X to write about what they Writing, for me, is like trying to restart an engine that h...Bumping to 4 because the writing really is terrific And because I m still thinking about it, and about some of the comments on this review, below Thanks all Spoiler alert I m not hiding this review, but I m giving something away Don t read if you don t want to know anything in advance Actually, I don t have much to say Basically, this is the spoiler Earth is being terraformed whatever form...That s it Well, I must admit, I feel a little hoodwinked Acceptance is a noticeably better book than Authority, but that is not saying a lot, considering that the second book in the series is dreadful in every sense of the word Just when you thought that the middle chapter of a trilogy cannot get anyweighted down, Authority showed up to prove us all wrong Every page towards the end felt like a sucker punch to the guts, and it took great determination to pick up the next and final book That s it ...From my blog again, Vandermeer astonishes me with evocative, symbolic language The fifth morning I rose from the grass and dirt and sand, the brightness had gathered to form a hushed second skin over me, that skin cracking from my opening eyes like the slightest, the briefest, touch of an impossibly thin later of ice I could hear the fracturing of its melting as if it came from miles and years away And once again, Area X takes center stage in the From my blog again, Vandermeer astonishes me with evocative, symbolic language The fifth morning I rose from the grass and dirt and sand, the brightness had gathered to form a hushed second skin over me, that skin cracking from my opening eyes like the slightest, the briefest, touch of an impossibly thin later of ice I could hear the fracturing of its melting as if it came from miles and years away And once again, Area X takes center stage in the last book of The Southern Reach Trilogy The narrative switches between Ghost Bird and Control, last met in Authority Saul, the lighthouse keeper the psychologist Gloria, and perhaps one or two others that slip in The narrative is done well enough that the separate voices do not feel disjointed, but I warn you pay attention to chapter titles, as they say who is speaking The story also flows back and forth in time, filling in the stories of people introduce...For those of you like me who loved Annihilation and struggled with Authority, you will be happy to know that this book islike Annihilation than Authority We are back in Area X with Ghost Bird and Control, although there are multiple view points alternating through this book that also bring us back to the history of Area X.The thing that I adore most about these books is the writing The haunting metaphors that set the tone for this mind fuck of a novel The pacing was perfect, and the For those of you like me who loved Annihilation and struggled with Authority, you will be happy to know that this book islike Annihilation than Authority We are back in Area X with Ghost Bird and Control, although there are multiple view points alternating through this book that also bring us back to the history of Area X.The thing that I adore most about these books is the writing The haunting metaphors that set the tone for this mind fuck of a novel The pacing...So that s it That s all we get I wish I had known I wouldn t have wasted my time With this frustrating final book in the trilogy, I alternated between anger because VanderMeer continued to stuff the pages with useless, time wasting back stories , and annoyance because the story wasn t going anywhere for the most part , with frequent side trips into unadulterated b...The face of someone watching Mulholland Drive for the first time.For me, I was mesmerized by the first two books in the trilogy, entranced by VanderMeer s writing like watching a cool street magician But the bubble burst here and I blinked and came back to the world, realizing that while it was entertaining and fun to watch, the performance art was only just that.Taking themes, styles and inspiration from JG Ballard, Jack Finney, and Eug ne Ionesco, Jeff VanderMeer has crafted an The face of someone watching Mulholland Drive for the first time.For me, I was mesmerized by the first two books in the trilogy, entranced by VanderMeer s writing like watching a cool street magician But the bubble burst here and I blinked and came back to the world, realizing that while it was entertaining and fun to watch, the performance art was only just that.Taking themes, styles and inspiration from JG Ballard, Jack Finney, and Eug ne Ion...I am afraid to report that I found the final installment of The Southern Reach Trilogy to be a disappointment and let down After really enjoying the first two books in this series, Annihilation and Authority this verdict pains me VanderMeer succeeded in creating this weird, amazing world populated by fascinating characters But all the promise and potential of the first two books were squandered, in my opinion, by Acceptance s ending.Spoilers for the series and this book follow, so be wa... Acceptance answers any lingering questions that the reader may have concerning Area X I found it muchsatisfying than the second entry But, I don t think that either the second or third book approached the brilliance of the first.Beyond the revelations about Area X, this book also explains some of the relationships between charactersSometimes. other people gave you their light, and could seem to flicker, to be hardly visible at all, if no one took care of them Because they d given Acceptance answers any lingering questions that the reader may have concerning Area X I found it muchsatisfying than the second entry But, I don t think that either the second or third book approached the brilliance of the first.Beyond the revelations about Area X, this book also explains some of the relationships between charactersSometimes. other people gave you their light, and could seem to flicker, to be hardly visible at all, if no one took care of ...

Acceptance
  • English
  • 01 May 2018
  • Paperback
  • 341 pages
  • 0374104115
  • Jeff VanderMeer
  • Acceptance