Reviews - The Year Of The Flood

2.44k reviews for:

The Year Of The Flood

Margaret Atwood

4.05 AVERAGE

pallotj's review against another edition

3.75

dark sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

dendrophile's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

marymahussaini's review against another edition

3.0

Oryx and Crake was much better. There were a lot of quotes I liked. But the story... I was expecting more surprises. More excitement.

majarxh's review against another edition

3.75

mysterious tense

bamanda28's review against another edition

3.0

While I enjoy the universe MA has created, at times I felt a little lost with the structure of this novel and with feeling connected to the characters. I think I enjoy MAs reality based work much more

pinenoodle's review against another edition

3.0

This wasn't quite as good as Oryx and Crake (I might actually give it a 3.5 if I had the option, but I had to distinguish the ratings so I gave it a 3). It's not as compelling a work, but it's a fascinating look at what else was going on at the same time as the event of Oryx and Crake. However, I felt that the scenes where the characters from this book overlapped interacted with the main characters of Oryx and Crake were as well flushed out. Of course, it's also been a little bit too long since I've read Oryx and Crake, so it took me a while to realize who some of these characters are.