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You don’t need to read Oryx and Crake prior to reading The Year of the Flood. The two novels take place concurrently (though this one does extend slightly beyond the other’s narrative, wrapping up the cliffhanger of Snowman discovering that other humans have survived). However, I would recommend you read them close together. I only read Oryx and Crake back in March, but even a short span of two months has obliterated a good deal of the plot and characters from my memory. That’s a shame, because
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I should preface this review by saying I love Margaret Atwood! I approached this book with misgivings because some reviews weren't very glowing, saying that this new addition by Atwood is disappointing. I beg to differ!
The Year of the Flood is a companion to Oryx and Crake, and I highly suggest they should be read in order of publication for full understanding. The Year of the Flood takes place during the same time sequence, but from a different perspective, this time from members of the Gardene ...more
The Year of the Flood is a companion to Oryx and Crake, and I highly suggest they should be read in order of publication for full understanding. The Year of the Flood takes place during the same time sequence, but from a different perspective, this time from members of the Gardene ...more
I like Margaret Atwood, really. And, despite a rating of only 3 stars, I did like The Year of the Flood too. However, I was expecting so much more from it. That's the fault of my expectations, not Atwood's story. Oryx and Crake is one of my favorite science fiction novels. (Sorry, Ms. Atwood. If you have bioengineering and a man-made plague, you have science fiction.) It haunted me. The Year of the Flood is a beautiful book, but it's just not as strong as the parallel story of Oryx and Crake. I
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This is a "sidequel" to Oryx and Crake. Though I believe Flood would stand alone pretty well, I think you'd be doing yourself a disservice if you read it first.
I really loved everything about this book. I liked it more than Oryx and Crake, but at the same time I believe it makes Oryx and Crake a much better book. It gives a wholly different view of the world from the viewpoint of the Gardeners, which provides a wide-array of great characters.
Really makes me want to reread Oryx and Crake, even th ...more
I really loved everything about this book. I liked it more than Oryx and Crake, but at the same time I believe it makes Oryx and Crake a much better book. It gives a wholly different view of the world from the viewpoint of the Gardeners, which provides a wide-array of great characters.
Really makes me want to reread Oryx and Crake, even th ...more
A plague has swept the world, and few people survive. One is Ren, a trapeze dancer/sex worker locked in quarantine at her strip club. The other is Ren's former teacher, Toby. Both spent years with the God's Gardeners, a cult focused on sustainable living that foresaw the plague, and so Ren and Toby are better prepared than most. As they wait out the last of the plague, Toby and Ren, each isolated from all other humans, think back on their lives. Atwood does a fantastic job of creating a dystopia
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Greetings to the newly Recombinant DeoxyriboNucleic Anglican Church, with a distinctly earthy hue.
SF readers, Nancy Kresshas already hoed this particular row, e.g. with Nothing Human.
Atwood does a yeoman's job, an enjoyable read, but not nearly as original and exquisite in its prose as, say, The Handmaid's Tale.
When, soon, commoditized personal DNA analysis and tailoring is offered, we'll need to sell DNA tailoring with a wireless attachment, and the latest Kindle, to only download novels on t ...more
SF readers, Nancy Kresshas already hoed this particular row, e.g. with Nothing Human.
Atwood does a yeoman's job, an enjoyable read, but not nearly as original and exquisite in its prose as, say, The Handmaid's Tale.
When, soon, commoditized personal DNA analysis and tailoring is offered, we'll need to sell DNA tailoring with a wireless attachment, and the latest Kindle, to only download novels on t ...more
I shelved this post-apocalyptic, but really, it's peri & post apocalyptic.
I liked this one more on the second re-read, and I liked it far better than the first book (Oryx and Crake). This book follows Toby and Ren, two women who know each other as part of the God's Gardeners (a hippy green, apocalyptic cult largely made of doctors and scientists, apparently).
Toby was a wage-slave who, after being abused and raped by her boss, was rescued by the Gardeners. She doesn't really believe, but she fits ...more
I liked this one more on the second re-read, and I liked it far better than the first book (Oryx and Crake). This book follows Toby and Ren, two women who know each other as part of the God's Gardeners (a hippy green, apocalyptic cult largely made of doctors and scientists, apparently).
Toby was a wage-slave who, after being abused and raped by her boss, was rescued by the Gardeners. She doesn't really believe, but she fits ...more
thought provoking, page-turning, somewhat optimistic post-apocalyptic story set in a dystopian future very close to now. I think I would like to join the Gardeners, in some ways. Most ways. Recommended.
I intended to re-read Oryx and Crake first, but didn't- so you might do that if considering adding this to your TBR pile. ...more
I intended to re-read Oryx and Crake first, but didn't- so you might do that if considering adding this to your TBR pile. ...more
this is my second read of this book--how i love being in a margaret atwood universe! i am finding it a lot funnier on the second read, although God's Gardeners were pretty funny the first time around too. did you know that someone set to music and recorded all their loopy hymns? a must for your iPod :-)
(three years later)
the audiobook is even better than the print book! the readers did an amazing job, and for those of us not reared in any church, all of Adam One's sermons seem so much deeper in ...more
(three years later)
the audiobook is even better than the print book! the readers did an amazing job, and for those of us not reared in any church, all of Adam One's sermons seem so much deeper in ...more
A strikingly different book than the first one, Oryx & Crake described the events leading up to apocalypse as viewed from ringside, while The Year of the Flood is a much more intimate character study of the people that might survive one. While just as brutal as the first - there's a depressing amount of raping happening in Atwood's bleak future - it's a whole lot more hopeful, since these people are not merely witnessing history, they're acting on it.
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Jul 26, 2009
Terence
marked it as wish-list
Aug 26, 2009
Carolyn
marked it as browse-to-read-someday
Oct 09, 2009
Brad
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Jan 18, 2010
Peregrine
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Jul 05, 2011
Maree
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Dec 31, 2013
Figgy
marked it as owned-but-not-read
May 04, 2015
Ubik
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Oct 02, 2016
Eric
marked it as to-read
