Yo Guys!
Today I’m going to be reviewing ‘Authority’ by Jeff
VanderMeer!
I read and reviewed the first book in this series a while
back and I’ve been really looking forward to progressing through this trilogy!
You can check out my review of ‘Annihilation’ here:
http://bookolio.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/book-review-annihilation-by-jeff.html
http://bookolio.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/book-review-annihilation-by-jeff.html
Here’s a bit of Authority’s blurb to get you intrigued:
After
the twelfth expedition, the Southern Reach is in disarray, and John Rodriguez
(aka “Control”) is the team’s newly appointed head. From a series of
interrogations, a cache of hidden notes, and more than two hundred hours of
profoundly troubling video footage, the secrets of Area X begin to reveal
themselves
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I received this book as a review book from Goodreads!
This book was a crazy
rollercoaster of intensity, confusion, realism and awesomeness!
The story is really awesome!
It’s weird how the author describes every little thing about every
little thing and still makes it super enjoyable!
The way he switches between Control driving towards the Area X
entrance gate and the discussions he has with other members of his team.
The writing is so very beautiful and pristine in this book.
I liked how we see Area X in this new perspective of how instead of
it being a hostile area and a strange new place, we see it as this scientific
anomaly which is scared to be referred as ‘alien’ or ‘unknown’, this take on it
was pretty awesome as it gave us a new understanding on what forces are at
work.
And how much of an impact Area X has had on the Southern Reach,
which is the facility researching the Anomalies of Area X and keeping it safe
from the public while trying to understand why it is there in the first place.
I thoroughly enjoyed the first book in this trilogy and I
could not wait to start this one.
The main thing I find
interesting with the author is his wording and his sentence structures. They
are so very convoluted and intricate that
some-parts don’t make sense to me? I’m not sure though, it could be that I’m
not as intelligent at putting sentences together like the author is but some of
it just doesn’t sit right with me, but it could be unintentionally confusing as
the one I’m reading is a ‘Uncorrected Proof Copy’ from Goodreads.
Though the actual sentence structures and the way it is lain out is
pretty damn sweet! I do really
like the wording though as its very cleverly written and the actual wording
itself is really intelligent!
The story is super gripping aswell, I keep wanting to explore Area X
a-lot more but I realised this is a book more about the actual discovery and
secrecy behind the habitat called Area X and why Area X is a thing and I am so
in love with this idea!
Even though the
book was slightly convoluted and a tad bit confusing, after each paragraph
there was a short explanation which lead into another thing which happened that
made the premise become more simpler and understandable.
The characters
are well thought out honestly, we have Control or John Rodriguez who is this
analytical, smart guy who likes to have everything in order and always uses
factual evidence when talking. I generally really like Control, as he’s a very
peculiar person with his quirks and genius.
Control as a character, he seems to have this air of status; I do
enjoy his thought processing’s of ideas, situations and other climaxes within
this book, it allows for us as a reader to understand a character who isn’t as
developed as most lead/main characters are, it shows a sense of slow
progression that gives us as readers a chance to actually gain a notion for his
actions and thought-process.
We also have
Ghost-Bird, who was the Biologist in Expedition 12 who was the main focus in
the first book.
Ghost-Bird is
the strong and silent type, which is completely understandable from the events
of Annihilation. I really like the whole interrogation scenes between
Ghost-Bird and Control; Ghost-Bird is so sassy and deceptive that it makes it
so much more immersive.
All in all, I really enjoyed this book and I cannot wait to
progress onto the last book in the series ‘Acceptance’
You can check out the book on Goodreads here:
And you can purchase it here on Amazon:
UK:
USA:
Area X as it is, is honestly my second favourite in my series list
(being beaten by the Mistborn Series, because Sanderson) But this book was just
so clever and witty that I can’t believe I put it down last year, I feel like a
fool, a fool who done corrected himself right now!
Thank you all for reading this review!
You’re great! J
Joe :D
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