#but authority doesnt hit quite as hard as the other 2 bc it has a more traditional narration style

[12thbiologist]

annihilation is soooo good because the biologist is aware that she is an unreliable narrator and also hates it. she WANTS to be completely impartial and objective and just observe everything without influencing any of it. but she cant so instead she omits her name from the entire book to the point where it's almost absurd and completely intentional and splits her journal into "objective" chapters detailing her expedition and "subjective" chapters detailing her memories about her husband. ill never be over you biologist

#annihilation is my favorite book in the series for this exact reason #i like acceptance a lot too #but authority doesnt hit quite as hard as the other 2 bc it has a more traditional narration style #southern reach trilogy #annihilation