Acceptance (Southern Reach Trilogy)

Acceptance
Author Jeff VanderMeer
Genre Fantasy, Horror, Scifi
Publisher FSG
Publication date
 September 2, 2014
ISBN 978-0-374-10411-5
Preceded by Authority

Acceptance is a 2014 novel by Jeff VanderMeer. It is the last in a series of three books called the Southern Reach Trilogy. It was released in the US on September 2, 2014.[1] On March 15, 2014, Buzzfeed gave an exclusive first look at the cover to Acceptance along with an interview with Jeff VanderMeer.[2]

Plot Summary

Acceptance jumps around in time and between the perspectives of all of the characters from the first two books. It brings us back into Area X, but ultimately provides little in the way of answers. [3]

Reception

Reviews for Acceptance were for the most part favorable. NPR said that the book "is at different times the best haunted lighthouse story ever written, a deeply unsettling tale of first contact, a book about death, a book about obsession and loss, a book about the horrifying experience of confronting an intelligence far greater and far stranger than our own, and a book about sea monsters."[4] The Guardian called it a potent conclusion to the trilogy[5] while Kirkus gave the work a starred review.[6]

During its opening week, Acceptance was ranked as #16 on the New York Times Best Sellers list for Paperback Trade Fiction.[7] The New York Times wrote a full page review calling the book "pure reading pleasure" and added that "VanderMeer has created an immersive and wonderfully realized world."[8]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/11/books/impatience-has-its-reward-books-are-rolled-out-faster.html
  2. ↑ http://www.buzzfeed.com/lincolnmichel/jeff-vandermeer
  3. ↑ http://www.npr.org/2014/09/02/343177566/accepting-the-strange-brilliance-of-acceptance
  4. ↑ Jason, Sheehan. "Accepting The Strange Brilliance Of 'Acceptance'".
  5. ↑ Roberts, Adam. "Acceptance by Jeff VanderMeer review – potent conclusion to SF trilogy". Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  6. ↑ "ACCEPTANCE". Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  7. ↑ "Best Sellers - Paperback Trade Fiction". Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  8. ↑ Hutchins, Scott. "Deciphering a Lost World". Retrieved 12 September 2014.