Very interesting and tense book. Can't wait to read the sequel.

Giving to a friend

Received from a friend of mine. Thanks!

This is a supremely weird book. Four women, known only by their professions (psychologist, surveyor, anthropologist, and biologist, who is our narrator) form an expedition into the strange realm of Area X. Previous expeditions had committed suicide, or killed each other, or returned without much memory and then died of cancer shortly thereafter. The biologist arrives full of curiosity, determined to figure out the area's secrets. Soon she starts to learn strange facts about the flora and fauna of the area, coming tantalizing close to understanding it all. Then she decides she's completely fine with not knowing. Which is kind of disappointing. So in short, I have absolutely no idea what happened or what it all means and maybe it's covered in a later book in the trilogy but frankly I'm kinda meh on the whole endeavor. It did employ intricate description and I definitely could picture the words in the tower, the detritus in the lighthouse, all of it. But in the end I just couldn't follow enough of the plot to inspire me to continue the series.

I hope the next reader enjoys it. I plan on sharing it with BCinDC.

Bringing to today's BCinDC meetup.

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Ooooh! What an interesting book. Four women—a psychologist, a surveyor, an anthropologist and a surveyor—enter “Area X” on a mission to document what they find there. Previous missions had been made to do this, some with dismaying results. Entering this strange land, the four are made aware of a buried tower containing living plants which write phrases in English and all hear a recurrent moaning every evening. This is certainly a book which aroused my curiosity from its start.

The story is not only about the exploration of an environment, but it is also about the fascinating interactions of each character to one another.

An interesting phenomenon in this book was that none of the characters had names. They really were not necessary, though.

All I could say after finishing this book was, “Whoa!” This was a mesmerizing and strangle-hold kind of read!

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