Kadomi reviewed MaddAddam by Margaret Atwood (MaddAddam, #3)
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4 stars
The final book of the MaddAddam trilogy was a great read, entertaining, but in a way also disappointing. Oryx and Crake was excellent, The Year of the Flood blew me away, and MaddAddam just didn't grab me in the same way as those books.
We're in firm post-apocalyptic storytelling here. Most of the people have been wiped out due to Crake's machinations, and there's just a rag-tag band of survivors from the previous book. MadAddam directly continues the story, with the rescue of Amanda who had been kidnapped by Painballers. From that point on we experience the life of the survivors mostly through the eyes of Toby, but also Zeb, her lover, who tells his story and the origin of Adam One from the Gardener cult. Too much time was spent on his survival story in the woods, and bears, and Toby being jealous of other women, kinda.
At the …
The final book of the MaddAddam trilogy was a great read, entertaining, but in a way also disappointing. Oryx and Crake was excellent, The Year of the Flood blew me away, and MaddAddam just didn't grab me in the same way as those books.
We're in firm post-apocalyptic storytelling here. Most of the people have been wiped out due to Crake's machinations, and there's just a rag-tag band of survivors from the previous book. MadAddam directly continues the story, with the rescue of Amanda who had been kidnapped by Painballers. From that point on we experience the life of the survivors mostly through the eyes of Toby, but also Zeb, her lover, who tells his story and the origin of Adam One from the Gardener cult. Too much time was spent on his survival story in the woods, and bears, and Toby being jealous of other women, kinda.
At the end of the book, I still didn't feel like I had a handle on Adam One, and how he had gotten so deeply connected to create the MaddAddam folks, his connection to the corps and Crake.
It was a good book, but the trilogy did not go out with a bang, which is a shame.
