A review by oldbee
The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood

adventurous dark informative medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

 Ah, it was a slow start but the story got going more in this one; perhaps the lack of a partially insane narrator from the previous book helped expand the storytelling. Following on the themes from the previous book, God's Gardeners are at once a superbly realistic construct and a ridiculously funny mixture of Christian myths with ecologically minded science. It's dark as always, but the satire makes the load bearable. 

Highly recommend the 2009 audiobook version, which includes recordings of the songs - it's not the best music, but that's besides the point, and though I'm usually wary of such gimmicks in this case it added a new dimension to the story.