Maddaddam, by Margaret Atwood

 Maddaddam, by Margaret Atwood, 416 pages

This is the third in the Maddaddam series, and most of the "loose ends" are tied up .  The future is still uncertain, but then again, it always was.  I was pretty sad about the ending, but all good books leave you sad at their endings.   I would recommend this to adults who like post-apocalyptic/dystopian sci-fi.  

The Year of the Flood, by Margaret Atwood, 431 pages

The Year of the Flood, by Margaret Atwood, 431 pages

This is book 2 of the Maddaddam trilogy.  I listened to it a couple of years ago without knowing it was a book 2- now that I've read the first one (Oryx & Crake), I read this again and I'll just say that it makes more sense.  In this post-apocalyptic future, a "waterless flood" has killed off most of the population, and the survivors include former peaceful protesters as well as dangerously violent former criminals.  I'm looking forward to the final book in the trilogy!

Oryx and Crake, by Margaret Atwood, 374 pages

Oryx and Crake, by Margaret Atwood, 374 pages

It is a post-apocalyptic future, where the world has been killed by a virus and Jimmy, or Snowman, is left alone with a group of manufactured humans called Crakers.  It is a long, tragic tale of how Jimmy came to be Snowman and the reader hears his story, along with those of Oryx and Crake, his lover and best friend.

Margaret Atwood is a brilliant writer, and this book will make you want to hear the rest of the story by finishing the trilogy.

The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam #2), by Margaret Atwood

The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam #2), by Margaret Atwood, 448 pages

This story takes place in a near future, where corporations run the world, most animals we know are extinct, and science has achieved god-like power.  The story centers around a small cult-like group, called the Gardeners, who shun the system and believe that a waterless flood will soon come and wash away the evil and give the world a new start.  It is told from the point of view of Ren and Toby, two women who take different life paths but find themselves in a similar predicament, and the preachings of their one-time leader.

I listened to this on CD, so I didn't realize that it was the second book in a trilogy.  Surprisingly, though, I didn't feel like I was missing anything until the very end.  And even at that, I was okay with it.  The audio narration was very well-done, and I'm glad they went with 3 narrators since there were alternating voices.