Nate

True existential horror loses its bite when the terror is unmasked. But to Jeff VanderMeer's credit, there is no Scooby-style reveal in Acceptance. He has left the reader to sort out just how much of each character's fate is their own doing and just how much can be attributed to Area X. I'm undecided on the new narratives that are added in this book, but I found it to be a pretty satisfying resolution to those of Annihilation and Acceptance.

Somehow, this book contains more poetry and more physics than I expected.

I still haven't made up my mind about this one. I know that I loved the lore and flavor; I wish that the real-world history of the setting played more of a role; and I know that if you liked this one, you may also like VE Schwab's A Darker Shade of Magic.

I want to erase this book from the minds of everyone I know and cast the setting into Call of Cthulhu scenario. Unfortunately, all of my friends are already immune to my mind-altering hypnosis techniques.

While I approve of the premise of this book, the experience of hearing every character from the Count of Monte Cristo in Stephen Fry's voice turns out to be a little unsettling.