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Acceptance

A Novel

Jeff VanderMeer

Ages 16+

Readers rate it 3.6 (583 on Hardcover)

353 pages · Released Sep 2, 2014

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Acceptance is the final book in a complex sci-fi trilogy best approached by older teens and adults. The narrative focuses on psychological tension, existential dread, and the unknown rather than graphic action, but contains sustained atmospheric horror, body-level unease, and themes of obsession, loss, and moral ambiguity. Strong writing and mystery-driven plot come with challenging, sometimes bleak emotional territory that requires maturity to process.

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The New York Times bestselling final installment of Jeff VanderMeer’s wildy popular Southern Reach Trilogy It is winter in Area X, the mysterious wilderness that has defied explanation for thirty years, rebuffing expedition after expedition, refusing to reveal its secrets. As Area X expands, the agency tasked with inve... The New York Times bestselling final installment of Jeff VanderMeer’s wildy popular Southern Reach Trilogy It is winter in Area X, the mysterious wilderness that has defied explanation for thirty years, rebuffing expedition after expedition, refusing to reveal its secrets. As Area X expands, the agency tasked with investigating and overseeing it--the Southern Reach--has collapsed on itself in confusion. Now one last, desperate team crosses the border, determined to reach a remote island that may hold the answers they've been seeking. If they fail, the outer world is in peril. Meanwhile, Acceptance tunnels ever deeper into the circumstances surrounding the creation of Area X--what initiated this unnatural upheaval? Among the many who have tried, who has gotten close to understanding Area X--and who may have been corrupted by it? In this last installment of Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach trilogy, the mysteries of Area X may be solved, but their consequences and implications are no less profound--or terrifying.

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  • Fiction
  • Diverse Characters
  • Unloveable Characters
  • A mix driven
  • Weak Character Development
  • Strong Character Development
  • Loveable Characters
  • Character driven
  • Plot driven
  • Not Diverse Characters
  • Calibre Import
  • mysterious

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ISBN 9780374710798 · FSG Originals