From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Handmaid’s TaleIn this final volume of the internationally celebrated MaddAddam trilogy, the Waterless Flood pandemic has wiped out most of the population. Toby is part of a small band of survivors, along with the Children of Crake: the gentle, bioengineered quasi-human species who will inherit this new earth.As Toby explains their origins to … earth.
As Toby explains their origins to the curious Crakers, her tales cohere into a luminous oral history that sets down humanity’s past—and points toward its future. Blending action, humor, romance, and an imagination at once dazzlingly inventive and grounded in a recognizable world, MaddAddam is vintage Atwood—a moving and dramatic conclusion to her epic work of speculative fiction.
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This was the 1st book I read by Margaret Atwood, and I liked it so much I started to read most of her books. This post apocalyptic world was very interesting, with interesting characters and I really had a hard time putting it down!
The Story of Toby & Zeb
*self-purchased. No need of sugar daddies called promo teams*
What’s this book about? (I’m trying to give as little spoilers as possible)
A bunch of characters from the previous instalments meet. Read this to end up sobbing. My review contains mild to hard spoilers. IDC. It’s an ‘old’ book. Deal with it.
In my first run-through of the MaddAddam trilogy, I actually didn’t read the final book. That was a silly move. I read the entire trilogy now for my studies. Let me tell you, I wasn’t a big Zeb fan at the start of MaddAddam, so I was inclined to move on from his story and learn about what is going on with Snowman-the-Jimmy. Silly me. Silly. Silly. Silly. Zeb grew on me. His interactions with other characters were certainly interesting. I will re-read to understand the first hundred pages better now that I like him more. I was upset not to have Ren’s POV in this instalment, but Toby did a good job nonetheless as the sole woman POV. She was incredible once again and her actions in this story had me rooting for her to get a happy ending. Her interactions with the children of the Crake…………. I CANNOT DEAL. The children of the Crake have grown into their own personality, I feel, in MaddAddam. I loved them although they were truly naïve at times LOL but that’s just how they know to behave. The pigoons had me sobbing (vegetarian alert).
I will somehow salute Atwood (not that it means anything coming from me) for side-stepping Snowman-the-Jimmy the way she did. He was completely irrelevant here. Smh. I had anticipated something to happen between him and his harem of emotional-dumpster makers, but there was no drama on that front. The girls discussed his shenanigans once and then it was all about surviving in post-apocalyptic times. It serves him right in a way. But I also pity him & then I remember Oryx and Crake and that pity dwindles.
In comparison to the previous novels, this is much calmer and less grandiose. We get new information, but there’s no big match between good and evil. Remember, the megalomaniac evil was eradicated by our Limpy Lord and Not So Savior Jimmy-The-Heartbreaker in book one. Here, they simply dealt with the consequences. I didn’t relish in the first 150 pages or so; I started liking the story toward the end. Zeb & Toby broke my heart and every time I read it (AND I HAVE TO READ IT OFTEN BECAUSE I’M DOING THIS FOR UNI) my heart breaks all over again.
I urge you; start and finish this trilogy. It’s brilliant. It tears at heartstrings. It fucks shit up. It’s a warning. It’s everything an Atwood novel is supposed to be.
First, this is Margaret Atwood, so the writing is excellent. This is the third book in the Orxy and Crake trilogy, so you’ll want to start at the beginning. It’s sf dystopia, but handled with tremendous originality. Her character development is superb, with many characters to follow. It’s an offbeat version of a future dystopia unlike others in the field, full of her amazingly clever and witty insights into human (and post-human) nature. A wonderful read, highly recommended.
A perfect and thoroughly fitting end to an amazing trilogy.
After the Flood is the best book of the MadAdam trilogy but I love all 3. Start with After the Flood.