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A review by xover
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
5.0
There is something very wrong with Margaret Atwood.
The misery in this book is unremitting, the horror unrelenting. There are no actually likeable characters (Empathy, yes. Like? Hell no!). The plot is… The plot is.
And yet… There is something utterly hypnotic about her authorial voice (helped not a little by the audio performance by [a:Campbell Scott|251177|Campbell Scott|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]). I'm not usually fond of post-apocalyptic scifi, and misery porn tends to bore me, but there was something here that not only kept me reading (listening) but… I think "transfixed" is the word.
I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone, and I would actively caution against it for anyone with any history of mental problems (don't matter what kind; this book would be bad for anything in the DSM), but it kept me coming back until the end and it made me think, so… I think I actually have to give it 5 stars.
There may be something very wrong with me.
The misery in this book is unremitting, the horror unrelenting. There are no actually likeable characters (Empathy, yes. Like? Hell no!). The plot is… The plot is.
And yet… There is something utterly hypnotic about her authorial voice (helped not a little by the audio performance by [a:Campbell Scott|251177|Campbell Scott|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]). I'm not usually fond of post-apocalyptic scifi, and misery porn tends to bore me, but there was something here that not only kept me reading (listening) but… I think "transfixed" is the word.
I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone, and I would actively caution against it for anyone with any history of mental problems (don't matter what kind; this book would be bad for anything in the DSM), but it kept me coming back until the end and it made me think, so… I think I actually have to give it 5 stars.
There may be something very wrong with me.