This was one of my FAVOURITE books ever! I loved it!

I didn't love this book. There were large passages of preaching which I just kind of skipped over.

Never finished it - it just dragged on and on and on. Not nearly as good as Oryx and Crake.

Compulsively readable, an excellent piece of dystopian fiction. It left me with questions about the nature of the Flood itself, but the characters were solid and fascinating.

An all around excellent read. While the horror of the crimes against humanity created by the Corps isn't as raw and fresh as Oryx and Crake (even if they are only discussed as somone mentioning that it might rain tomorrow), that is probably simply a result of having read it first. While Oryx and Crake paint a background with broad brush strokes and moments of poignant drama, The Year of the Flood paints a much more vivid and, I think, realistic character portrayal. To be sure, there are many characters in the novel, but they seem much more whole and fleshed out than in O&C. Well worth the read, even if you haven't read Oryx and Crake (which is also an amazing read). Thoughtful sci fi at its best.

As a lover of both Margaret Atwood and dystopian fiction, The Year of the Flood is one of my most favorite books of all time. This is really a true imagining of what our future holds and it's both horrifying and breath-taking. Love it!

Happily digging into Atwood’s latest novel, I was at first perplexed as to why it seemed so familiar. The language and setting were just so reminiscent of Oryx and Crake. Surprise, surprise! This book turns out to be a sequel to her fabulous story about Snowman, aka Jimmy, and his whiz kid best friend Glenn, aka Crake. More specifically, it follows two women who survived the catastrophe Crake perpetuates at the end of the earlier novel, mainly because of their connection to God’s Gardeners. Sequel, prequel... Atwood bounces us around. We go from character to character and from year to year. You have to pay attention to the chapter headings. Year 25 is the year of the flood, the same period in time where Atwood left us in Oryx and Crake.. with Jimmy facing off against three humans on the beach. But Atwood also takes us back to year 10, 12 and others, to show us what life was like in Plebeland before Crake's cataclysmic decision. And she also gives us a hint as to what might have come after Jimmy's faceoff. Atwood's imagination, use of language and sense of story are unsurpassed. Atwood of course has a point for all this - several, really. And she uses her tale brilliantly to make them. She has a dire outlook about humans’ chances on earth in the long run. We have plundered and polluted to a point where the only solution for God's creations is to wipe humans from the face of the earth. Will we survive as a race? Not unless we change our ways, Atwood says. Only time will tell.

I really liked this book. Refreshingly different to what I've read before. I liked the use of white space with the short chapters. While I couldn't put it down, it felt as if there was less pressure to do so. The author has her own message in this book. We can all relate to some of it from an environmental point of view e.g. the composting, the use of vinegar for cleaning so it'll be interesting to see "what else is now familiar" if I were to read this in another 10 yrs. after seeing some of the review I think I'll have to now read the companion book, 'Oryx and Crake'.

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A great sequel to Oryx and Crake. Science fiction at it's best, although much more character driven then Oryx and Crake. Fleshes out the world.