MaddAddam (MaddAddam Trilogy #3)
Margaret Atwood, 2013
Picking up after the events of Oryx and Crake and The Year of the Flood, our characters are dealing with the aftermath of the man-made plague that has wiped out most of the population. Toby, Zeb, and the other God's Gardeners, have come across Snowman-the-Jimmy (delirious with fever) and the Crakers, and take it upon themselves to take care of them. Toby ends up filling in for Snowman as storyteller to the Crakers, who decide that they want to hear the story of Zeb. Through this, we find out Zeb's history and his relationship to the missing Adam One.
(If none of that paragraph made sense, please read Oryx and Crake and The Year of the Flood before reading MaddAddam. It's the only way that any of it will make sense.)
I liked Oryx and Crake and The Year of the Flood, but I didn't love them. I loved MaddAddam. This is the book that I wanted Oryx and Crake to be. The first two books set up the world - how the plague happened, who survived and why, who the Crakers were - and this final installment gave us the character development. There was a little bit of action, but this story was mostly about the characters, and I loved that, especially the Crakers. The Crakers gave the story an honesty and humanity that it really needed, as well as provided a lot of comic relief. Toby telling stories to the Crakers were definitely some of the highlights of the book.
Overall this was a great conclusion to the trilogy. I think the story was wrapped up nicely, giving us a solid ending as well as providing a little bit of hope for the future of this world. I definitely recommend reading the first two before getting to this one, since a lot of this book won't make sense unless you do, but it's definitely worth a read. One of my favorite books of the year.
(If none of that paragraph made sense, please read Oryx and Crake and The Year of the Flood before reading MaddAddam. It's the only way that any of it will make sense.)
I liked Oryx and Crake and The Year of the Flood, but I didn't love them. I loved MaddAddam. This is the book that I wanted Oryx and Crake to be. The first two books set up the world - how the plague happened, who survived and why, who the Crakers were - and this final installment gave us the character development. There was a little bit of action, but this story was mostly about the characters, and I loved that, especially the Crakers. The Crakers gave the story an honesty and humanity that it really needed, as well as provided a lot of comic relief. Toby telling stories to the Crakers were definitely some of the highlights of the book.
Overall this was a great conclusion to the trilogy. I think the story was wrapped up nicely, giving us a solid ending as well as providing a little bit of hope for the future of this world. I definitely recommend reading the first two before getting to this one, since a lot of this book won't make sense unless you do, but it's definitely worth a read. One of my favorite books of the year.
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