A review by doctorw0rm
Dead Astronauts by Jeff VanderMeer

3.75

this was very beautiful but was definitely not what i was expecting. I had assumed this would be a linear story that would explain more of the lore surrounding the City and the Company based on the way the two books before it were organized. It’s more a collection of connected vignettes about different people and creatures in the City, some we’ve seen before and some that we haven’t. The prose is incredible! It makes me want to re-read the southern reach trilogy, since I only listened to those on audiobook, so i can appreciate VanderMeer’s language more. But overall it just wasn’t what I had wanted it to be. I found it tedious at times. At other times I couldn’t put it down, but this is the longest it has ever taken me to finish one of his books. As a piece of art I love it and think it’s beautiful, but as an addition to the Borne story it’s not what I was looking for.