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May 07, 2020RyanR_KCMO rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
This book is another perfect example of science fiction at its best. Instead of using shockingly alien and bizarre situations for some effect, VanderMeer puts his characters into situations predicated by an anomaly but focuses on their very human and regular interactions. VanderMeer also respects the reader by not turning over all the stones and giving away the mystery. There are still so many questions at the end of the book. These blatant omissions are tools to focus the story not on the things being uncovered in “Area X,” but instead on the people sent to do the uncovering.