Maxwell’s Reviews > Annihilation > Status Update

“And now it was too late.”

Still very much enjoying it! I think part of the horror is that the narrator might just as well be going insane, but we only see things from her perspective so it’s always unsure. The horror elements themselves are pretty good, but the psychological aspects are amazing.

“You would have fascinated me, and I would have followed you anywhere. Without hesitation.”

The narrator continues a fall into madness that is phrased as her senses becoming heightened, and it creates such a feeling of insecurity as you continue to feel uncertain.

“Bodies are one thing; no amount of training could prepare you for encountering a monster.”

The horror book is doing horror things!! Enjoying the uneasiness.

“I didn’t want their voices in my head, their ideas of me, nor their own stories or problems. Why would they want mine?”

Continues to develop the intrigue with an unreliable narrator, as she continues to fall into insanity with her group without realizing. Still very good!

“for they, too, had adapted to their habitat.”

Enjoying it so far! It starts in the middle and goes back to entry in Area X so I’m interested to read the different changes of the local environment.