I was anxious to read this book, could the last in the trilogy measure up to the first two? I’m glad to say it did! At first I was annoyed by the constant presence of the Crakers but they grow on you over time, as does the perspective of hearing a story as told to them, simplistic and filled with misinformation and half truths. The device allows for humor though (“please stop singing” and the invocation of f***) which this deep into a dystopian future […]
From A(dam) to Z(eb) the trilogy concludes
Addams and Eves against mankind?
The second book in Atwood’s Madd Addam trilogy traces members of a group called God’s Gardeners both before and after “The Great Waterless Flood,” i.e., the pandemic that destroyed mankind. The chapters bounce around to the different characters, years before the pandemic, and show their previous lives leading up to the destruction. The first novel followed Jimmy in his life in the compound, but these characters are the other half, the less privileged from the pleeblands. But as time goes on, connections between these two […]
Rakunks and pigoons and wolvogs oh my!
I have an arbitrary list I revise every year of things I want to do for the year. It isn’t new years resolutions because I typically recreate it in October/November, and there are specific things, local places to visit, foods to try, versus platitudes. It isn’t exactly a bucket list because I think the term “bucket list” is stupid. I settled on calling it my “dream board” tongue-in-cheekily for lack of better terminology. To make a long story short (too late) because of the Goodreads […]
MelBivDevoe’s CBR Review #8: So, That Happened.
Well, that was certainly… something. I finished this novel over 24 hours ago and I’m still trying to collect my thoughts on it. Might as well start at the beginning. Be forewarned, there will be SPOILERS all over the place. The story picks up right where “The Year of the Flood” left off. As Ren, Amanda, Toby, and Jimmy attempt to deal with the murderous Painballers, the Crakers approach and, due to their lack of knowledge and fear, help the Painballers slip their bonds and […]
Oh Snowman, Where You Gonna Run To?
Snowman is the last man on Earth. The survivor of some extinction-level event, he spends his days on a beach, fighting the elements and watching over the Children of Crake and Oryx. These children are not like Snowman, who used to be called Jimmy before the world died. Snowman is their caretaker, of sorts, but as the days wear on and his supplies dwindle, he is forced to leave the Children behind and set off for the city in search of more food. Unfortunately, this […]