Lauren O. (LoMel) - , reviewed on 9/10/2015 + 134 more book reviews

When I finished Authority I mentioned I was worried about how VanderMeer would be able to wrap this up, and it turns out I was kind of right. There was just something about this book that didn't work as well as the first two, which grabbed me by the throat and refused to let go until I had read them basically in one go. Maybe part of it was just that this was a return to Area X, and as a return it didn't present the same kind of unknown horror as when we were first in it in Annihilation. I don't think the ending wraps things up in a bad way, it just turned out to be a little less satisfying than I had hoped. But then, I'm not sure how else you could have ended it. I think he kind of wrote himself into a corner on this one and finished it up as best he could.

All this to say Acceptance is still a good read and VanderMeer's writing is unbelievable. It's worth reading the series for the first two books alone.

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