Reviews

The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood

hahahi5's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

aradne's review against another edition

4.0

[b:Oryx and Crake|46756|Oryx and Crake|Margaret Atwood|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1327896599s/46756.jpg|3143431] is quite good, but The Year of the Flood is better yet. I found myself identifying with both Ren and Toby, and I was really drawn to their stories.

After reading this book, I'm in mild danger of becoming a 'prepper'. I want to borrow a book about urban gardening, and dig up my entire yard. This book is 'realistically' scary, and yet very enjoyable.

One last thing- The Year of the Flood ends about an hour after Oryx and Crake- I got a kick out of that.

elm45's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Sexual violence, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Drug use and Vomit

mandytw's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

kwidz's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

Adam One’s sermons at the start of each chapter were a bit difficult to get through. I had to skim through to keep my interest.
I absolutely LOVED the bits of crossover between characters in the first book.

fant_ine's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

jennykinnear's review against another edition

funny informative tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

musicsaves's review against another edition

5.0

FIRST LINE REVIEW: "Who is it tends the Garden, the Garden oh so green?" Second book in the MaddAddams trilogy, but as others have noted, not a trilogy as much as a series. I couldn't remember much about the first book "Oryx and Crake" which I read over a year ago and it didn't matter. Enough bits and pieces started coming back as I read this. A really fascinating, post-apocalyptic story woven by the sure-handed Atwood. Very clever, profound and scary. And this time she leaves the ending wide open for the final book. That's a little frustrating, but...

spookyelm's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

tatdine's review against another edition

I’m planning to pick this back up at some point