Acceptance
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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 New York Times bestselling final 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.
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Southern Reach is a 4-book series with 4 primary works first released in 2001 with contributions by Jeff VanderMeer.
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A wonderful cap to the first two books. Explains enough about what's going on to feel satisfying, without laying out a blueprint of the whole idea. Leaves plenty of mystery at the edges, plenty of things to still wonder about and turn over. But not so much that you feel left hanging by the story. A better delve into a lot of the characters and a beautiful look at the world Vandermeer has created.
The third in the trilogy manages to expand on the ideas and characters without trying to tie everything together with a nice little bow, which would be inappropriate for a series that thrives on curiosity and ambiguity. While I couldn't recommend this series to everybody, it's a well-done journey into so-called “weird” territory.
I really enjoyed all the different viewpoints/times throughout the book, however some were better than others. Overall I really enjoyed the series.
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