After seeing it on the list in this thread, I decided to read Annihilation, and I just finished it. As others said it’s weird (I like weird, so it’s one of the reasons I wanted to read it). The writing style really reminded me of H.P. Lovecraft, which is to say it’s a bit stilted. I’m glad I read it - it’s an interesting world and the story is told in an interesting way - but it’s not a book I’ll recommend to a lot of my friends. Some of them, maybe.
Have any of you read it? What did you think?
Thanks for the thoughts.
When I think back on the books, I feel like the most impactful part for me was the relationship between the biological and her husband, even though we never meet him. What the author did best was show that growth and progression.
I enjoyed the weirdness, but combining it with the super slow pacing just made it feel unpleasant. I feel that way about some Lovecraft stories.