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4.05 AVERAGE
4.05 AVERAGE
Book two of the MaddAddam trilogy. Just as terrifying real. It does not seem that far fetched. A gaggle of memorable characters (amanda, toby, zeb, ren, more jimmy/snowman and the crakes). A world we are heading towards. A page turner as you watch the world die? Will it. Book three sits on the table waiting for me.
challenging
dark
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
This trilogy contains my current favorite book and is my recommendation for anyone looking to reignite their passion and love of reading. Atwood never misses, but this was a refreshingly energetic and exciting read, while retaining the same pertinence to the world around us that all of her work has. BTW, you don't need to have read Oryx & Crake before reading this. Both novels stand alone as fully-developed and wonderful reads, but read together they create a story like nothing else I have read of late.
Most of humanity has been destroyed by the "Waterless Flood" a disease brought on by humanity itself. the story of a few of the survivors and the events leading up to this. This sheds a little more light on how the end of humanity came to be but takes place during the same time period as Atwoods earlier work "Oryx and Crake". Though I liked both books, I was disappointed in the endings which kind of left you hanging. Probably so Atwood can write a sequel.
mysterious
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:
Complicated
I liked it better than the first book. Glad I kept going and read it
Thoroughly enjoyable and has held up to the series thus far. I really enjoyed how this novel was from the perspective of two female characters (really fuelled my ecofeminist geek-out). I love Atwood's dystopia's but this particular speculative fatalistic universe is so gripping. The satire shines through in a way that makes me laugh but also makes my skin crawl at how possible it all is.
Told from the viewpoint of 2 of its members, this is the story of a cult-ish group of people called "God's Gardeners", set post-apocalypse with flashbacks throughout the years leading up to it. I thought this was great--kept me interested the whole way through. However, not much of an ending! Am hoping that it works better paired with another of the author's books, Oryx and Crake, which I am about to start reading.
The world Atwood created in Oryx and Crake is expended upon and made even more detailed and real in this book. The plots and characters of both overlap. The Gardeners' religion is given more detail, including hymns and sermons and saints. The book is exquisitely structured: clear and building. Flawless.
2014: Rereading for thesis.
2011: I was most interested in how she filled out the details on the God's Gardeners religion.
2011: I was most interested in how she filled out the details on the God's Gardeners religion.