{"id":7065,"date":"2017-09-08T08:00:55","date_gmt":"2017-09-08T13:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/?p=7065"},"modified":"2017-09-07T14:34:09","modified_gmt":"2017-09-07T19:34:09","slug":"with-a-steady-pace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/?p=7065","title":{"rendered":"With a steady pace"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alright, so maybe last weekend I got a little carried away with video games and YouTube and just generally doing things that weren’t reading. Though I am “behind schedule,” I have completed the second book in the Southern Reach Trilogy, Authority<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Authority<\/em> takes place a certain amount of time after Annihilation<\/em>, how long exactly I can’t remember, but it’s a direct sequel that follows up the evens of the first book from a vastly different perspective. There are many parallels between the two main characters, despite the fact that they have such different personalities. Authority<\/em>, as you might expect, gives you answers to some of the mysteries in Annihilation<\/em>, while leaving other things unclear, and posing many new questions of its own. I’m thinking that the final book, Acceptance<\/em>, is probably going to do the same thing.<\/p>\n

Again, I don’t want to tell much of the plot because it’s absolutely best to go in completely blind. But whereas the first book was about exploring a pristine wilderness, Authority<\/em> is more of an office drama\/mystery. It’s a huge jump in setting, tone, and overall readability. Authority<\/em> is much less abstract, easier to digest. It’s also a fair shake longer, which is one reason why I took forever to read it despite having “powered through” it, at least from my perspective. The other reason is that it starts of real slow. Like, real slow<\/em>. But maybe that’s just how novels work? Or at least most of the novels I read. Anyhow, it picked up before long, and I became completely absorbed and found myself doing the good ol’ “just one more chapter” thing.<\/p>\n

It’s a good thing that I don’t have a habit of reading before bed.<\/p>\n

All in all, I’d say that Authority<\/em> is worthy follow-up, even though it’s a very different experience than Annihilation<\/em>. And the ending, man. The ending was just something else entirely. It seems like a popular opinion that it’s the weakest of the trilogy, but I don’t really want to assign placement before I’ve finished them all (also,\u00a0HOW?<\/em>). With that said, onto Acceptance<\/em>!<\/p>\n

And that’s a very literal “onto Acceptance!<\/em>” By the time this post goes live, I’ll probably be halfway through it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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