_The Year of the Flood_ by Margaret Atwood
Since I still had the freedom to keep reading, I decided to go ahead and read the second novel in the MaddAddam series. The first being _Oryx and Crake_ from a few weeks ago.
The second novel is told from the perspective of two other characters who live through the “Waterless Flood” or pandemic that occurred in the first novel. The characters in both books overlap, but in a very general way. The overlaps leave enough curiosity in the reader to wonder if the characters’ paths will eventually cross or not by the end of the novel.
What I found most interesting in this novel is that one character’s perspective was told from the first person while the other was told in the third. Therefore, it was not always clear exactly who was the narrator or audience, which kept the novel going for me. Also, the first novel was from male perspectives while this one was from the female side. Atwood has really done an amazing job of intertwining the storyline, but keeping them unique enough to really get the sense that a whole world is being revealed through the series rather than a continuation of a story as most series are written.
So, as usual, I will not go into much detail about the story itself as I think that is up to an individual on finding out. However, I have been generally impressed with the writing and style of Atwood. The third and final(?) novel of the series is set to come out in November, I believe. Should be fun to read that!
-T π
