Dystopian future with a sense of humour

Loved it will be listening to book 2 in this series. Possible, brutal but balanced view of the future. Yet quite funny.

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Beautiful story, exceptionally well told.

One of Atwood's better works, thoroughly enjoyable and a pleasure to listen to. would recommend to anyone with an interest in sci-fi, dystopian fiction, or anything really.

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Great book, poor narrator.

Margaret Atwood only knows how to write good books. I loved this story. what a pity you didn't choose a different narrator. His ability to r read a female voice was very poor. I will need to buy the book now and read it again using my voices.

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Dystopia, disease & destruction...

Few writers can tell a tale of compelling darkness with such humanity & still a shed a ray of hope. This is a good story, well told by a writer in full command of her craft. I recommend this & the 2nd book in the trilogy, although by the final book I think the subject matter is wrung out a little too dry.

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Good but not for everyone..

Dark, the passing of the society depicted in this book should be celebrated and not mourned.
Some people have issue with the narrator, but I thought he did a good job. Warning, you may be offended by his south east Asian woman voice. Also warning, in this book the consumption of child pornography is depicted as normal which was hard for me to listen to. If you are a survivor of a sex offender this may be too hard for you to listen to as it becomes a major plot thread that goes on for a few chapters.

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Genius

Wonderful on every level. Margaret Atwood a creative and gifted genius narrated with insight and precision.

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Killer trilogy

I was hooked from start to finish. The author demonstrates versatility from what she is now best known for. Strong characters and a great story.

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Dystopian masterpiece

I have read Oryx & Crake three times and listening to it here was my fourth'. Though nothing will ever replace the first read, I still find reasons to re-read it!.

What appeals to me is Atwood’s innate ability to combine real life characters with speculation on the state of the world if current experimental biological modification trends are pushed to the nth degree. There are no inventions in Atwood’s fiction, rather an intelligent mind bending about things that actually existed at the time she penned the book. As time passes, it is interesting to see how many of her prophesies are coming true!

Jimmy, Oryx and Crake are the perfect personalities to carry and ‘normalise’ the crazy story, covering the roles of crazed creator, passive caregiver and questioning observer between them. Jimmy in particular voices the reader’s concerns and therefore is the connection between our reality and Atwood’s.

I can’t recommend this book highly enough, as well as the two sequels.

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Brilliant

Margaret Atwood is genius and this is yet more proof of that. The narration by John Chancer was brilliant. A difficult book to narrate with accents etc. but the narration never distracts from the story. Now looking forward to getting into the sequel.

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If you like dystopian you need to read this!

So thought provoking! She’s an absolutely brilliant writer and the narration was perfect. Unexpectedly visited places I didn’t really want to visit but who else can write about these things like Margaret Attwood, and thankful it was only small parts of it. Reminded me of a dystopian Willy Wonka 😆 can’t wait to read the next two

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