In case you'd forgotten that Atwood is a hurricane

of speculative fiction, here is a tale full of strange and sickeningly familiar futures, deeply flawed technocratic geniuses, genetic contortionism, and a capitalist world rocketing towards the post-post-apocalyse.
Terrifying. Beautiful. Dryly hilarious. Tragic.
Heck, it's Atwood at her finest, making us laugh and whimper at the future while holding a bitter mirror to the present.

Also, the narrator is as perfectly dry as Atwood herself, and suits the story well. (Although I cannot understand why he keeps pronouncing "feral" as "fearal". I twitched every time)

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Loved it!

Slow Start but really ended up enjoying this book cant wait to read the next in the series.

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Endlessly Relevant

Margaret has the courage to write down the spindles of thought most only think and then actively ignore. A prophetic master of telling the old stories in probable new ways.

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This book is bonkers in a good way

Great narration

Crazy good story but is not for the squeamish.

Anyone with a biology background will enjoy the clever references throughout the book.

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Depressing, but good...

Very well written, as you'd expect, and the narrator is excellent. Not exactly my cup of post-apocalyptic tea, but definitely a solid story.

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listen to this book.

the performance is fantastic; there is variance in characters that fits their descriptions and it hits exactly the right emotional note without being overdone at all. the book itself, of course, is a classic full of incredibly visual descriptions , smilies, metaphors, and an incredibly easy to listen to, conversational style.

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Awesome

I can't wait until I listen to the next book.
I never tore of Margret Atwood.

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An interesting read

I tried to read this myself but found it difficult to stay focused when reading time was sporadic. Listening made it much easier and engrossing because I could listen while tending to life demands.

Interesting concept that takes the full book to envision. Timely read but not for.those given to anxiety or paranoia. :)

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I personally really enjoyed this novel.

The main reason is all the world-building, the biotechnologies of the 2000s were explained really well and slightly expanded on for intrigue. I could definitely see people who are not tech or bio savvy having a hard time believing a world like this may truly be the future of humanity. They may even refer to it as exaggerated or science fiction... however, those technologies are not really that many decades away from our current times.

I enjoyed the constant tension and admiration that jimmy and Glenn had for one another, both for their own reasons.

I'm still beside myself with how amazing the plot twist is as well as the shocking Homicide-Amicicide.

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One of the Best Apocalyptic Novels

I loved the voice actor, and the phenomenal way that he wove life into Mrs. Atwood's amazing stories.

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