Acceptance (Southern Reach, #3)
Jeff VanderMeer
It is winter in Area X, the mysterious wilderness that has defied explanation for thirty years, rebuffing expedition after expedition, refusing to reveal its secrets. As Area X expands, the agency tasked with investigating and overseeing it—the Southern Reach—has collapsed on itself in confusion. Now one last, desperate team crosses the border, determined to reach a remote island that may hold the answers they've been seeking. If they fail, the outer world is in peril. Meanwhile, Acceptance tunnels ever deeper into the circumstances surrounding the creation of Area X—what initiated this unnatural upheaval? Among the many who have tried, who has gotten close to understanding Area X—and who may have been corrupted by it? In this last installment of Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach trilogy, the mysteries of Area X may be solved, but their consequences and implications are no less profound—or terrifying.
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I appreciated that this book was more like Annihilation than Authority in its contents, but it still didn’t hit the same way for me. The ending of Annihilation felt very open ended, but not unsatisfying. The ending of Acceptance felt similarly open ended, but unsatisfying. I was really excited to find out the history behind Area X and enjoyed the introduction of the lighthouse keeper’s storyline. It was so thrilling to slowly watch the details evident in the first book become realized - like the photo in the lighthouse, why the writing on the wall sounded so biblical, the island beyond the lighthouse, etc. There was this great build up that had me turning page after page, but the ending was so vague and abstract. It reminded me of Neon Genesis Evangelion where the final episode is so strange you can hardly follow what’s going on! I would’ve like the loose ends tied up more clearly I suppose.
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