MaddAddam

, #3

Deckle Edge, 394 pages

English language

Published Sept. 3, 2013 by Nan A. Talese.

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978-0-385-52878-8
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4 stars (9 reviews)

A man-made plague has swept the earth, but a small group survives, along with the green-eyed Crakers – a gentle species bio-engineered to replace humans. Toby, onetime member of the Gods Gardeners and expert in mushrooms and bees, is still in love with street-smart Zeb, who has an interesting past. The Crakers’ reluctant prophet, Snowman-the-Jimmy, is hallucinating; Amanda is in shock from a Painballer attack; and Ivory Bill yearns for the provocative Swift Fox, who is flirting with Zeb. Meanwhile, giant Pigoons and malevolent Painballers threaten to attack.

Told with wit, dizzying imagination, and dark humour, Booker Prize-winning Margaret Atwood’s unpredictable, chilling and hilarious MaddAddam takes us further into a challenging dystopian world and holds up a skewed mirror to our own possible future.

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4 stars

Atwood has created a truly believable and complex dystopia. This third book in the trilogy rounds out the story and ties up loose ends, but leaves the reader imagining the possibilities for the future of both Crake's world and our own. Parts of the book bog down a bit, especially towards the end where the denouement is dragged out too much, in my opinion, but anyone who has read the other books in the trilogy will definitely want to read this one.