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A review by fryln
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
dark
funny
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
i read this book very slowly. i really enjoyed the pre-apocalypse world building but often found the post-apocalypse timeline pretty boring. i frequently felt upset and almost nauseated by the world and characters, especially jimmy's/snowman’s fixation on oryx, and i wonder what my envisci friends who “loved it” took away from it. hopefully not crake’s ecofasc worldview.
when i finished this book today i immediately turned to the internet for other people’s thoughts and explanations but was left only
partially satisfied. it’s hard to feel like i fully understand a book when you’re in the perspective of a character who is missing so much information.
i ended this book being so so frustrated with jimmy. he didn’t know oryx, they were not in a relationship, also…. it really seems like crake just made her? not buying the whole “she just happens to look like the girl we’re obsessed with” and it’s seems important that she insists she is not the girl from the video.
i think i would benefit from rereading this with the goal of understanding the oryx/jimmy’s mom of it all.
most enjoyed the passage early on detailing the internet and video games of this future world. how miserable.
i read this book very slowly. i really enjoyed the pre-apocalypse world building but often found the post-apocalypse timeline pretty boring. i frequently felt upset and almost nauseated by the world and characters, especially jimmy's/snowman’s fixation on oryx, and i wonder what my envisci friends who “loved it” took away from it. hopefully not crake’s ecofasc worldview.
when i finished this book today i immediately turned to the internet for other people’s thoughts and explanations but was left only
partially satisfied. it’s hard to feel like i fully understand a book when you’re in the perspective of a character who is missing so much information.
i ended this book being so so frustrated with jimmy.
i think i would benefit from rereading this with the goal of understanding the oryx/jimmy’s mom of it all.
most enjoyed the passage early on detailing the internet and video games of this future world. how miserable.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, and Trafficking
really long passage detailing the logistics of systematic child sexual exploitation