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Anne  (Booklady) Molinarolo
I'm in the minority of my Goodreads friends. I HATED this book!!!!! And I feel so tired now that I've finished, as well as depressed.

I'm not a huge fan of Science Fiction, but I do enjoy some Dystopian novels. But...THIS!?!

The story is so horrific. My mouth hung opened for a few seconds after Crake and Oryx died. We know that Jimmy/Snowman's best friend and the girl he's loved since Oryx was a little girl are dead, and Snowman/Jimmy may be the only survivor of mankind.

This is a cerebral nove
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Rusty
Dec 10, 2010 rated it really liked it
Shelves: fantasy
The author spins a depressing view of a world not too unlike the one in which we live. Snowman, formerly known as Jimmy, has lost his best friend, Crake, and the woman they both loved, Oryx. This post-apocalyptic vision recalls to us the visions of other authors - Aldous Huxley and George Orwell among them. Will our world spin out of control due to technological development that creates new life forms? Snowman believes that he is alone with a group of physically enhanced people who know no rules ...more
Melissa (ladybug)
Did not like this at all. It was a confusing mess and had no redeeming qualities
Claire
Dec 07, 2010 rated it liked it
Gen
Mar 16, 2011 marked it as complete-series-to-read
Kristina Simon
Apr 25, 2023 rated it really liked it
Sarah Dizon
Sep 08, 2011 marked it as series-to-start  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: lit
Joanne
Jan 03, 2012 rated it really liked it
Helen Southall
Oct 26, 2012 rated it really liked it
Teddie
Dec 01, 2012 marked it as to-read
Amy ~Lover of Books~
Feb 12, 2013 marked it as to-read
bridget
Sep 12, 2013 rated it really liked it
Carol
Jan 11, 2014 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: atwood
Carol
Mar 27, 2014 rated it really liked it
Shelves: excellent
Brenda H
Apr 20, 2014 marked it as tbr
Shelves: 2000s-published
Amy
Jul 24, 2014 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Delitealex
Jan 01, 2015 marked it as to-read
Jim Townsend
Aug 08, 2015 marked it as to-read
Jan Norton
Mar 04, 2016 rated it it was ok
Ruth
Jan 01, 2017 marked it as to-read
Jessica
Dec 04, 2017 marked it as to-read
Jessica
Nov 07, 2018 marked it as to-read
Kim Anderson
Nov 22, 2018 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: excited
Mary!
Oct 10, 2019 marked it as to-read
Shelves: want-to-read
Emily
May 12, 2023 marked it as to-read
Navah
Oct 04, 2023 marked it as to-read