Maybe I should just accept that the experience of reading Annihilation, the book, was like catching lightning in a bottle, not reasonable to expect it to be repeated. Because Authority, the second book in the Jeff Vandermeer's Southern Reach Trilogy, and the movie adaptation of Annihilation, were both so much less enjoyable than Annihilation, the book, that I don't have high expectations for the third book in trilogy, Acceptance.
Did you ever read a mind-bending quest book featuring almost an entirely female cast, and then hope that the author would follow it up with a miserable slog detailing office politics with male characters tangentially related to those on the quest? If so, hoo boy are you in for a treat. The only reason I stuck with this book is that my wife was reading it ahead of me and assured me that the third book is better. I hope she's right.
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