“Oryx and Crake” Margaret Atwood (2003) Review | SF from Atwood

★★★☆☆ It’s Margaret Atwood so the writing is intriguing, imaginative and gripping. But, but but, story-wise I just couldn’t get myself to be gripped.

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Oryx and Crake
Margaret Atwood, 2003
389 pages
Read in 2026.01

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It's a difficult one to judge.
First of all It's a Science Fiction, and I'm no expert nor fan of SF so I can't be fair.

It's about a world after some kind of catastrophe where there are no other human than the protagonist and the science has screwed up with species, and so it's a perfect dystopia. 
It's Margaret Atwood so the writing is intriguing, imaginative and gripping.

But, but but, story-wise I just couldn't get myself to be gripped.
The fact that you can't know what's going on for nearly 2/3 of the book is a problem for me (most probably not for SF fans!)
Another thing is that you can't be attached to any characters because the author is not building up characters, she's just building up the background and the scenes (for a long time)

Maybe it was supposed to be read when it came out over 20 years ago.
Today, with the technology in the post covid society, we feel like we know it's not a mere SF.
 

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●●● Amazon.com (US) ●●●

Oryx and Crake (The MaddAddam Trilogy) 

●●● Amazon.co.uk (UK) ●●●
Oryx And Crake: Margaret Atwood (The Maddaddam Trilogy)

●●● Amazon.it (Italy) ●●●
Oryx e Crake (italiano)