湮灭

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Jeff VanderMeer, 胡绍晏: 湮灭 (Paperback, chinese language, 天地出版社)

Paperback, 256 pages

chinese language

Published by 天地出版社.

ISBN:
978-7-5455-1616-6
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5 stars (5 reviews)

四位女性被派遣前往边界外勘察。这是一片荒芜了多年、被称为“X区域”的神秘地带，她们已经是政府派遣出的第十二支勘探队，以往的勘探队均以失败告终。在探险的过程中，女主角发现自己一直在被欺骗和误导，身处危险与谎言之中。

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reviewed Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer (The Southern Reach Trilogy, #1)

One of the coolest takes on the "Forbidden Zone"

5 stars

Content warning General statements about themes and plot events

reviewed Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer (The Southern Reach Trilogy, #1)

One of the coolest takes on the "Forbidden Zone"

5 stars

Content warning General statements about themes and plot events

reviewed Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer (The Southern Reach Trilogy, #1)

A dark, horrorish fantasy about isolation, nature, and detachment from the world

4 stars

You might expect an ensemble cast, based on the summary, but it's really not - the main character is very disinterested in her expedition-mates. Not a single character, even herself, gets a name. The protagonist herself is well fleshed out, but don't expect too much development from the others.

You might also expect a mystery, where you slowly piece together what happened to Area X and the previous expeditions - you do get a little bit of that, but not really. By the end most questions remain unanswered.

The appeal here is mostly the setting and atmosphere. It's an unsettling story that touches on various sources of horror: the transformation into something inhuman; the feeling of facing something beyond comprehension, of knowing nothing about the dangers you're facing, of the inevitability of defeat. I enjoyed it.

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Subjects

  • horror
  • body horror
  • alien invasion

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