Authority

Hmmm... Hmm... Book two in this series is definitely a bridging book. I didn't enjoy it quite as much as Annihilation possibly because the narrator wasn't as interesting to me and the action was a lot slower paced, but I still enjoyed it. This book explores Southern Reach as it relates to Area X as well as the cast of mentally unstable people who work there. Hypnosis, misinformation, and cryptic artwork once again combine to create an unreliable narrator (and narrative) and a conspiracy that swirls deeper with every chapter. The ending is once again ambiguous, and means I really have to read the third book before I can properly sort my feelings on the series.

Still recommended for fans of Haruki Murakami, Joe Hill, Mark Danielewski, and the “New Weird” in general.