I'm really glad that I read Annihilation, Jeff VanderMeer's masterpiece (please don't see the movie), because it's an amazing book that opened up my mind to what's possible in a science fiction book. However, I'm kind of bummed that I read Annihilation, but I'm increasingly concerned that VanderMeer will never reach those heights again.
Borne is a fine book in its own right, weaving an intricate tale of dystopian survivalism in a future where biotech (and holy shit does he use that word a lot) has run amok, but it just doesn't sing, you know? And I stuck with it all the way through because VanderMeer, to me, has earned the trust that he might be building to something amazing, but Borne never quite got there.
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