6/11/2023 0 Comments Maddaddam by margaret atwood![]() In this trilogy – she shows us how we could end up – reminding us, should we need it – what destruction we have wrought on our planet. I think that gives us much food for thought – Margaret Atwood is often lauded for her astute, keen eyed view of the world – she seems to have her finger on the pulse of the world and its myriad issues. “Although MaddAddam is a work of fiction, it does not include any technologies or biobeings that do not already exist, are not under construction, or are not possible in theory.” Saying that though – in her acknowledgements Margaret Atwood states that… ![]() It’s really hard to review the final book in a trilogy that other people may not have read – as a whole it’s a trilogy that is extraordinary in its scope and imagination. While the events in Oryx and Crake and Year of the Flood run parallel to each other – MaddAddam moves the story of characters like Jimmy, Toby and Zeb forward. It helped to refresh my memory a bit – although I have to say Year of the Flood has really stayed with me and remains my favourite of the three books. ![]() ![]() I have spaced out the three volumes quite widely – so I was pleased to see a little rounding up of the main points of each of the first two books in the front of this. My third read for this year’s #MARM was MaddAddam the final book in the trilogy of the same name. ![]()
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