Annihilation

The premise and plot were incredibly intriguing, but I kept waiting for some revelation or tidbit of information that would make some kind of sense and it never came. I'm sure that's the point, but there's only so much obfuscation and abstraction one can take without some tiny bit of clarity to keep the interest up. The best kinds of carrot on a stick answer questions while raising new ones. Every time Annihilation had the opportunity to provide answers, it pulled back. Again, I'm sure that's by design, but it's because of this that it failed to really grab me. There's so much opportunity in Area X, I want to learn about it and the Southern Reach. I'm hoping the second book will provide more answers than this one due to the fact that it's from the perspective of the Southern Reach instead of the explorers themselves. If not, I may not finish the trilogy.