Amazing!!

I have found these books a bit heavy going at times but always worth the wait. the narrators were wonderful, especially the young man that narrated blackbeard so perfectly. favourite moment, when the pigoons carried snowman the.jimmy. I was almost.in tears by the end.

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Great book, uneven quality of narration

A wonderful, engaging tale pinned down with some deeply interesting and funny thought experiments. What would it be like to explain modern humanity to a stone age person? How does a religion get invented by a group without even them realising it's fiction?

In some fields of learning and research the biggest institutions are companies not universities. Which and how many areas of knowledge would companies need to get private monopoly on for them to take over the USA? How about healthcare/drug companies?

The female narrator, Bernadette Dunne, was great. The male narrator had a striking voice but a bad reader. Seemed to think that ending every sentence with the same rising inflection is a cool, stoical device rather than a transparent cover for the fact he has little idea what he's reading.

Still, the switching between voices is cool and helpful and in all, a great audiobook.

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A great trilogy, and more than worthy final part.

A great final part of the trilogy, I am new to the whole audio book thing and I found the performance to be excellent. The only problem is that it is slower than reading.

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Fantastic. I didn’t want it to end

This final part of the trilogy is perhaps the best. Margaret Atwood has created an amazing yet credible post apocalyptic world with fabulous detail, the gene spliced fauna and flora, the engineered new humans, all set in the leftovers of the chaos. The three characters who tell the story are engaging and amusing (and they are brilliantly performed, especially Tobi and Blackbeard.) I think I’ll be hearing Blackbeard in my head for some time yet. It is of course extremely well written with wit and style. I laughed out loud in parts and smiled at many others. I recommend this highly but it would be a shame not to read Oryx and Crake and The Year of The Flood first.

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The best book of the trilogy!

So many trilogies you only finish because you want "the conclusion" having long since ceased to be gripped by an author's increasingly long winded narration; not Atwood! This was my favourite of the three books (although probably my least favourite reading); highly recommended.

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A perfect end to the trilogy

The different narrators took a while to get used to but actually it’s really effective, especially when you get to Blackbeard’s voice. I loved the ending to this trilogy. Persevere with Zeb’s story as it becomes really relevant later on!

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Great story - last chapter poor

A good yarn. Decent recovery from the terrible 2nd installment. Last chapter is dreadful. Just felt like a lazy finish to an entertaining story.

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Couldn't stop listening

Where does MaddAddam rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

In this's genre, it is up there as one of my favourites

What was one of the most memorable moments of MaddAddam?

When the Crakers ask about "Oh f***". I laughed out loud and now consider "f***" in a whole new light!

Have you listened to any of the narrators’s other performances? How does this one compare?

It is as good as previously

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

When Blackbeard tells the story of the battle to the Crakers, wearing the red hat and putting the fish in his mouth

Any additional comments?

I hope they never make this into a film as it would come across in a superficial way, as without the carefully crafted language, it would be difficult to portray the complexity of these traumatised and complex characters.

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A biblical tale to finish Atwood's trilogy

This was a difficult book to read, so I listened to the audio book. The strange narrative styles are increasingly interesting as the characters progress in their understanding of their world, past and present. Occasionally a little heavy handed, the final book in this trilogy hammers home ideas about scientific progress, humanism and human emotion.

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Oh Snowman, what is toast?

I absolutely love these books! Oryx and Crake the most. They left me feeling happy and elated and just really glad to have experienced them. If you like science, dystopia, fascinating human relationships and brilliantly imaginative very well written stories, there are three here!

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