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Excellent book - preferred this to Oryx & Crake by far. I felt it had more relatable characters, and was also better-structured.
After reading Oryx and Crake, I was enjoying this series; by the end of The Year of the Flood, I'm hooked.
Instead of following Jimmy (a bit of a prat, let's be honest, and too wrapped up in himself to really give you a full idea of what's going on with other people), this time our time is split between Toby and Ren, two women with connections to Gods Gardeners. It's a much more in depth view of the world that we get as a result, and though the two perspectives are different in so many ways, ther ...more
Instead of following Jimmy (a bit of a prat, let's be honest, and too wrapped up in himself to really give you a full idea of what's going on with other people), this time our time is split between Toby and Ren, two women with connections to Gods Gardeners. It's a much more in depth view of the world that we get as a result, and though the two perspectives are different in so many ways, ther ...more
Members of a cult that believe the end of the world is coming. How do they survive when it does end just the way they though it would?
Finished! Hooray! And, even better, just when I thought Margaret Atwood couldn't improve, that she'd reached the apex of her writing, she proves me wrong. So that's a bonus. My only quibble- the terse, truncated ending. Otherwise amazing.
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the story was good but the non linear way it was told was a little confusing
Oct 17, 2012
Jason Valletta
marked it as to-read
Feb 28, 2015
Mirela
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Feb 27, 2014
Julie
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Feb 01, 2015
stan the Bookman
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May 12, 2016
Iwik Pásková
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