Paperback, 341 pages
English language
Published Nov. 7, 2014 by HarperCollinsPublishers.
It is winter in Area X. A new team embarks across the border on a mission to find a member of a previous expedition who may have been left behind. As they press deeper into the unknown -- navigating new terrain and new challenges -- the threat to the outside world becomes only more daunting. In the final installment of the Southern Reach Trilogy, the mysteries of Area X may have been solved, but their consequences and implications are no less profound -- or terrifying.
Like, WTF??? I'm equal parts confused, annoyed and fascinated. There was probably a genius novella somewhere hidden in this trilogy.
I don't think I liked this book quite as much as the previous two, but it still sucked me in and I'm not sure how better the trilogy could have been wrapped up. There are a lot of still unanswered questions at the end, which feels fitting but something about the style of this one felt like a tease, where the previous two volumes felt more convincingly like the answers simply weren't there to be had.
I still love and strongly recommend this trilogy overall.
