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Esteban Torres

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🇨🇷 born & raised currently living in Berlin 🇩🇪 @esttorhe@mastodon.social

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reviewed Acceptance by Jeff VanderMeer

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Jeff VanderMeer: Acceptance (2014)

Acceptance is a 2014 novel by Jeff VanderMeer. It is the last in a series …

Review of 'Acceptance' on 'Goodreads'

Can't really tell if this is a genius piece of work, utterly complex and confusing, I am too dense or a combination of all the above.

I like how it jumps from perspective to perspective and "time to time"; but there are so many names, nicknames and places going on that I had a hard time remembering who was who and who did what and when.

It ends kind of abruptly and although I got some answers I feel more lost than after reading the first book

I'll read the last instalment out of curiosity, but it is a weird book

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

Jeff VanderMeer: Annihilation (Paperback, 2014, Farrar, Straus and Giroux)

Area X has been cut off from the rest of the world for decades. Nature …

Review of 'Annihilation' on 'Goodreads'

Interesting sci-fi book. Reminds me of 80s sci-fi stories.

Reads like Ken Liu writing some version of "The Nightflyers" by George R.R. Martin story in King's "The Dark Tower" universe.

IMHO I think people have over hyped the book. Is not bad, has an interesting narration and the story guides you nice. But still not amazing in itself.

reviewed The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo

Nghi Vo, Nghi Vo: The Chosen and the Beautiful (Hardcover, 2021, Tordotcom)

Jordan Baker grows up in the most rarefied circles of 1920s American society—she has money, …

Review of 'The Chosen and the Beautiful' on 'Goodreads'

It's an interesting rendition of Gatsby.
The "mystical" elements make it "fresh" and the story moves at an ok pace.

But overall the storytelling feels disconnected, I felt like I was being tumble from place to place and time to time without a purpose.

It wasn't a dreadful read. But I wouldn't go over it again.