Josefine
While Acceptance didn't hit as hard for me as the previous two books in the series, I still loved it. I can definitely see how it could be the favorite entry for many people, as it is much more plot driven than the others and wraps up the trilogy quite nicely.
However, I personally much preferred the focus on a single main character in the previous books. Maybe I just read too much epic fantasy at this point, but I found the constant switching between PoV's to be pretty annoying.
It felt like the pacing hit a bit of a brick wall every time we got a switch -- which I can't actually back up with any examples because VanderMeer doesn't actually waste time with recaps at the start of new chapters. Thus, this must be more of personal preference thing, especially since I usually only read at maximum a chapter a day.
For me, it probably would have worked better if the stories were told one after another, rather than in parallel. But then we'd be talking about a very different kind of book. And I must admit that it's really cool to see such a radically shifting structure in a series.
Other than that, I honestly have only good things to say about Acceptance.
It delivers just the right amount of resolution to be satisfying whilst still keeping the mystery of Area X intact.
The character development and payoff from previously introduced characters was also very good, though VanderMeer did Control a bit dirty, even if his development is justified.
I absolutely loved Saul's PoV. The casual gay/lesbian representation in these books is really nice to see.
While Acceptance didn't hit as hard for me as the previous two books in the series, I still loved it. I can definitely see how it could be the favorite entry for many people, as it is much more plot driven than the others and wraps up the trilogy quite nicely.
However, I personally much preferred the focus on a single main character in the previous books. Maybe I just read too much epic fantasy at this point, but I found the constant switching between PoV's to be pretty annoying.
It felt like the pacing hit a bit of a brick wall every time we got a switch -- which I can't actually back up with any examples because VanderMeer doesn't actually waste time with recaps at the start of new chapters. Thus, this must be more of personal preference thing, especially since I usually only read at maximum a chapter a day.
For me, it probably would have worked better if the stories were told one after another, rather than in parallel. But then we'd be talking about a very different kind of book. And I must admit that it's really cool to see such a radically shifting structure in a series.
Other than that, I honestly have only good things to say about Acceptance.
It delivers just the right amount of resolution to be satisfying whilst still keeping the mystery of Area X intact.
The character development and payoff from previously introduced characters was also very good, though VanderMeer did Control a bit dirty, even if his development is justified.
I absolutely loved Saul's PoV. The casual gay/lesbian representation in these books is really nice to see.