The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood

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The Year of the Flood

Margaret Atwood

(#2 - MaddAddam Trilogy)

September 21, 2009 / 529 pages / Fiction

Set in the visionary future of Atwood’s acclaimed Oryx and Crake, The Year of the Flood is at once a moving tale of lasting friendship and a landmark work of speculative fiction. In this second book of the MaddAddam trilogy, the long-feared waterless flood has occurred, altering Earth as we know it and obliterating most human life. Among the survivors are Ren, a young trapeze dancer locked inside the high-end sex club Scales and Tails, and Toby, who is barricaded inside a luxurious spa. Amid shadowy, corrupt ruling powers and new, gene-spliced life forms, Ren and Toby will have to decide on their next move, but they can't stay locked away.

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Really interesting second novel here. The timeline overlaps book one, but is seen from the point of view of different characters. I really wish I had re-read the first book before reading this one, because there were a lot of things I could vaguely remember that I wished I could have remembered more clearly. Looking forward to book 3.

Grade: B / Happy_Cat / Feb 13, 2014

A brilliant sequel to "Oryx and Crake" It tells the back story of two other pivotal characters who survive the collapse of the human race. Most readers can agree that humanity had reached such a depraved level that there is true merit to hitting the reset button. Also has some interesting insight into cults and how they operate.

Grade: A+ / Trilliane / Feb 10, 2015

I was disappointed in this book. The "sermons' and "hymns" were irritating and uninteresting to me. They made the book drag. So much so, I had no desire to finish it. Just didn't care how it ended.

Grade: F / Soleil / Mar 6, 2014

Really good sequel to an excellent book ("Oryx and Crake"). I can't wait to read "MaddAddam".

Grade: B+ / VonBrandtner

/ May 12, 2014

margaret atwood is a genius. I loved Oryx and Crake and I still haven't figured out how it could be so similar and yet compelling.

Grade: A / poeticlibrarian / May 31, 2016

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