A review by daphnesayshi
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood

4.0

Am once again reminded of how brilliant a storyteller Atwood is. To start right in the middle of a post apocalyptic, gone to shit world, and then to drop little nuggets for us to piece together not just what happened, but also the relevance of the various characters at play, their roles, the effect their absence has on the present – their absent presences – all make for a wholly immersive experience that make it hard to put the book down. That is not to mention the amount of undoubtedly tirelessly researched science, untrue (perhaps) but no less unconvincing – as well as how incredibly believable a future like that could happen to us in reality. incredible!

The only reason why this didn't get a full 5 stars from me is Snowman, to be honest. what a poor, lost, misguided boy. he's not entirely sympathetic as a character is he? Even at the end, poor boy still didn't get it.