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maddie_can_read's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-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? It's complicated
5.0
So I thought that this was my second time reading this book, but I realized that I had not finished it the first time in ~2014 because towards the end there was content that I found especially disturbing around sexual assault a female character gets kidnapped by two men and it's implied that she has undergone severe sexual assaults even though details are not described and one of my friends had recently been sexually assaulted so I found this part of the book too difficult to read at the time. I wrote this first just to warn that there are strong themes of sexual violence / violence against women in this book that were not present in the first and you may have to skip this one or skip specific chapters if you can't read about stuff like that right now.
That being said, I thought this book was absolutely amazing. Such a unique way to write a sequel and connect it with the first book while expanding on the world so much. I really enjoyed that the book jumped between characters POVs and jumped between time. Loved seeing how characters from this book were related to characters from the first book.
I really liked the Canadian references.
All three narrators were very good and this was the first time I'd experienced an audiobook where they made the songs actual songs which I thought was really cool.the only thing for the songs was I think it would have been better if the songs after year 25 the waterless flood wouldve had no music, just been the guy singing
That being said, I thought this book was absolutely amazing. Such a unique way to write a sequel and connect it with the first book while expanding on the world so much. I really enjoyed that the book jumped between characters POVs and jumped between time. Loved seeing how characters from this book were related to characters from the first book.
I really liked the Canadian references.
All three narrators were very good and this was the first time I'd experienced an audiobook where they made the songs actual songs which I thought was really cool.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, Pandemic/Epidemic, Blood, Bullying, Gore, Sexual content, Classism, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Grief, Infidelity, Murder, Rape, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Death, Sexual assault, and Animal death
Moderate: Death of parent, Gun violence, Abandonment, and Physical abuse
Minor: Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, and Torture
backyardjake's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Atwood has masterfully fleshed out and woven in two additional perspectives into the world of the waterless flood. Heartbreaking backstories and gut wrenching connections to the first book all end in a conclusion of dismayed happiness. Religous control, sexual domination, surrogate family and belonging, the guilt and madness of the survivor, and the unhealed scars of love. So many juicy parallels to the first book and a refeshing point of view. I may have liked the first book a tad bit more due to Jimmy's more relatable male gaze, but this is a hell of a follow up regardless of narrator.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Blood, Violence, Torture, Gore, Trafficking, Sexual harassment, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Murder
Minor: Abandonment, Infertility, Kidnapping, Drug use, and Bullying
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