Annihilation is about a god who comes from the heaven, to reshape the world in its image. It isn't subtle at all. We read the messages from this god iAnnihilation is about a god who comes from the heaven, to reshape the world in its image. It isn't subtle at all. We read the messages from this god in the book. They're morally and ethically focused.
The book has an environmentalist message in jt. Annihilations ending wants you to question whether the Crawler is a good or bad thing. Because of pristine wilderness. I see it as stupid. Because the crawler is the worst invasive animal to ever exist. There's no contest. The creature completely destroys and reshapes ecosystems to its purpose.
Area X is not natural. It's the worst ecological disaster that could happen.
About the story: its both a mystery and a character story. I thought area X itself would be interesting. But the prose destroys any life the area could have had.
The mystery is the strongest part of the novel and the character story is the weakest. The biologist is bland and uninteresting. So much so that she doesn't even have a name.
The "Crawler" is a bad name too. May as well just call it Bob at that point.
The prose is like chewing glass.
I want to read good sci fi. This is just not it....more
I recall in a conversation that Colleen Mcullough spent many years and a great deal of money getting the most amount of information she could about thI recall in a conversation that Colleen Mcullough spent many years and a great deal of money getting the most amount of information she could about this period of Rome in order to write this series. It certainly does show. The series so far has been almost like a textbook with its slavish historical accuracy - I do not mind, in fact, this detail of it elevates it head and shoulders above all contemporaries in the genre. Of course; historical accuracy is not enough. The first 2 books are carried by the two great personalities, Gaius Marius and Lucius Cornelius Sulla whom both drive the plot for the first two books. Seriously, if you don't like them then this series isn't for you. The two of them are richly characterised and a joy to read. Sulla himself I would describe as a worm in human flesh; a sociopath, terribly unhappy and miserable, who enjoys inflicting misery on others and is incapable of liking anyone. His only redeeming quality being that he is very good a hiding it. And Gaius Marius; the titan, a powerful, albeit crass Italian hayseed who by the skill and power of his own personality rises to the top and reaches the highest and most prominent position in Rome, 7 times. But alas that seventh time; for that is what turns his story into a tragedy. For by the end he goes insane and it is quite sad to see someone so great, brought so low. I will probably continue it later; but with the death of Marius the wind has been taken out of my sails. And to be frank, I'm not sure I can tolerate how hard the series rides Julius Caesar's shmeat....more
Ain't giving it a review because I never finished a single story. Not a fan of the minimalist prose. Ain't giving it a review because I never finished a single story. Not a fan of the minimalist prose. ...more
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