Thai Murphy’s Reviews > Area X: The Southern Reach Trilogy > Status Update
Thai Murphy
is 23% done
Finished book 1 Annihilation. Have some gripes but overall it was much easier to listen to than read. I still love the atmosphere that is so intensely bizarre and surreal. But dear lord the pitfalls of a man writing a woman. Every time the character mentions anything about her sex life I cringe hard.
— Oct 23, 2026 08:03AM
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Thai Murphy
is 33% done
So I’m about an hour and a half into the second book and I’m liking it a lot. It’s a very different perspective from the last one but its arguably more intriguing then the first book so far.
— 22 hours, 15 min ago
Thai Murphy
is 5% done
I was correct in my assumption that an audiobook would be easier.
— Oct 21, 2026 04:54PM
Thai Murphy
is starting
Had a very hard time reading annihilation at the beginning of the year. It was not captivating enough to keep me reading, though I did push through and finish it. And I like it I just couldn’t make myself read more in the series. But let’s see if listening to the audio book will be any better
— Oct 21, 2026 02:42PM