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This is one of those books that approximately eleventy thousand people told me "You HAVE to read this," and of course it stayed near the bottom of my reading list because I don't like to be told what to do. Eventually I got the audio book, and of course all of my friends were right. This book is exceptional, smart and captivating. It's also scary and truthful. I shudder to think about what Margaret Atwood is telling us here with her crystal ball.
Oryx & Crake takes place in the not-too-distant fu ...more
Oryx & Crake takes place in the not-too-distant fu ...more
Insane and amazing.
Meh. Interesting set up but I found myself indifferent to the characters. Kind of a let down after salivating over this book for so long. Corporations are evil, science is immoral, and humanity will devour itself in the end. Nothing too surprising here.
Lo que más me gustó fue la relación entre los dos amigos: ambos se sienten fuera de lugar y se encuentran, son diferentes pero se sintonizan y son capaces de ser el respaldo del otro.
El final es abierto pero no ese tipo de final que busca que el lector lea la segunda parte para tener un cierre: bien podría haber terminado la historia en este punto y sería un buen final. El deseo de leer la siguiente parte es por conocer el otro lado de la historia.
El final es abierto pero no ese tipo de final que busca que el lector lea la segunda parte para tener un cierre: bien podría haber terminado la historia en este punto y sería un buen final. El deseo de leer la siguiente parte es por conocer el otro lado de la historia.
I disagree with the first line of the synopsis of this book. I don't think of it as a love story (more an obsession between Jimmy and Oryx and more possession for Crake in regards to Oryx). Love is not one sided. Neither do I think of Atwood's vision of the future as "compelling" but instead incredibly scary, and all too close to what our future could look like. It is the story of playing GOD, changing things for the greater good and what could happen if it is all taken too far.
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No one does dystopia like Margaret Atwood! This was a great book - pulled me in from page one and wouldn't let me go. I read this after reading "The Year of the Flood" (oops - wrong order) and so when I was finished had to immediately re-skim "Flood" to draw the connections between the two stories. Atwood really calls into question our (humanity's / western society's) need to have everything "made to order", regardless of the consequences to our world, our morals, our own well-being beyond the i
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I have historically been attracted to Atwood's writing due to her staunch use of female protaganists. Oryx and Crake is from a male's POV, of which I initially shied away, and incidently, this story touched me in a far different way than Atwood's other works.
The story, though I read it several years ago, continues to distress the darker bends of my mind, where snippets will periodically lurk into my dreams or pepper my remembrances. There is something so subtly haunting behind the disturbing ou ...more
The story, though I read it several years ago, continues to distress the darker bends of my mind, where snippets will periodically lurk into my dreams or pepper my remembrances. There is something so subtly haunting behind the disturbing ou ...more
Intriguing idea about the future, genetic technology, social changes. A great read!
Just could not get into this. I love so many of her novels, but this fell so flat for me.
Nov 18, 2008
Leslie
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I wasn't convinced of the overly solemn narration of the audio book. It's a pretty solemn story so it did fit with the tone, but it made it difficult to stay engaged with the narrative at times. A chilling post-apocalyptic tale told from both ends - after the disaster that killed off most of humanity, interspersed with the recollections of one of the few (the only?) survivor. It kept me guessing, trying to piece together how Jimmy's story led the world to end up where it did.
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I’m giving this 4 stars, despite the fact that I absolutely hated the ending. Still, Atwood did manage to create a compelling end times story with interesting characters.
Sep 19, 2012
Jen (NerdifiedJen)
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