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I do love me some Margaret Atwood. We read this one in book club and it definitely made for some interesting discussions. Once again, Atwood places us in a dystopian society. This one starts out quirky and then slides right toward absurdity.
'The past is so much safer, because whatever's in it has already happened. It can't be changed; so in a way, there's nothing to dread.'
Margaret Atwood returns to a favourite genre of hers, that of Utopia/Dystopia, as in Handmaid's Tale, as in the Maddaddam Trilogy, and proves once more an expert of this field. There is biting satire, of sex, politics, technology, the penitentiary system and even a swipe at Las Vegas. I was luckily enough to see Margaret Atwood on tour with this book and she said ...more
Margaret Atwood returns to a favourite genre of hers, that of Utopia/Dystopia, as in Handmaid's Tale, as in the Maddaddam Trilogy, and proves once more an expert of this field. There is biting satire, of sex, politics, technology, the penitentiary system and even a swipe at Las Vegas. I was luckily enough to see Margaret Atwood on tour with this book and she said ...more
Well, I must say it was compelling! I started it at the airport and finished it on the plane -- long flight, but still! Not quite sure what I think beyond that. This is one of those I'll have to chew on for awhile.
Next day -- it occurs to me that the book this most reminds me of is Nick Harkaway's The Gone-Away World. They share a sense of ridiculousness, crazy coincidence, vast conspiracy theories, and of course a near future dystopia. Interesting questions of free will vs. security, feminism, ...more
Next day -- it occurs to me that the book this most reminds me of is Nick Harkaway's The Gone-Away World. They share a sense of ridiculousness, crazy coincidence, vast conspiracy theories, and of course a near future dystopia. Interesting questions of free will vs. security, feminism, ...more
I love Margaret Atwood so much. If I were 30 years younger and had a stronger science background, I would write Atwood fan-fic. And Atwood would not be pleased with it. Wait, no, that's Annie Proulx who hates fan-fic, right?
Anyway.
My history with Atwood is pretty classic. I love love love Cat's Eye and The Handmaid's Tale and will re-read them again. I enjoyed Oryx and Crake and The Year of the Flood very much. MaddAddam I could not finish.
The Atwood I completely was bamboozled by: The Blind As ...more
Anyway.
My history with Atwood is pretty classic. I love love love Cat's Eye and The Handmaid's Tale and will re-read them again. I enjoyed Oryx and Crake and The Year of the Flood very much. MaddAddam I could not finish.
The Atwood I completely was bamboozled by: The Blind As ...more
I love Margaret Atwood, her apocalyptic visions of the future are eerily realistic and not hard to imagine coming true, and they definitely make you think. This book has one of those futures where you can imagine it coming true, desperate people will do anything to get out of bad situations and when the main characters do, things start to get really weird. This book is actually pretty funny, the outrageous things going on and the outrageous things the main characters do made me laugh out loud at
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Interesting idea that sadly didn't pan out.
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