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tarajsharma's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Pandemic/Epidemic
joshgroven's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Pandemic/Epidemic
mionnechan's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
Parce qu'on contemple les conséquences de l'humanité sur une Terre pas si lointaine de la notre. Des effets météorologiques extrêmes, plus rien, plus de civilisation.. Juste Snowman. Le dernier homme.
C'était une lecture difficile par tous les sujets qu'elle aborde, parce que - contrairement à ce que j'avais pensé - nous n'avons pas un récit d'un nouveau monde mais de la chute de l'ancien. À travers les souvenirs fugaces, flous et désorientés de Snowman, on comprend que les humains allaient droit dans le mur depuis très longtemps, mais que le coup degrâce a été porté par une unique chose.
Il était pour ainsi dire impossible de s'attacher au personnage principal, même avant la fin.
Je ne sais pas si je lirais la suite, mais cette lecture m'a beaucoup fait réfléchir.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Pedophilia, Sexual content, and Violence
Minor: Medical content
opossumble's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Pedophilia, Trafficking, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, and War
elm45's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
5.0
Graphic: Death, Pedophilia, and Trafficking
Minor: Animal death
violator's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic
mybestfriendsarefictional's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
agnela's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
This book will make an impact on you, you will feel it, you want it or not. You will feel like Snowman, you will feel like the world has crumbled, you will feel like someone you liked and cared about just died. You will feel like you have to be loyal to Oryx and save Cake's children, because she asked, not because he did. You will notice so much that should have been only fiction but we had to deal with ourselves. Look, this is a book you would read again and again, if only it wasn't 400 pages long. I swear to you. It starts slow, and it picks up even slower, but when it does, you suddenly understand that you are driving down a hill and your breaks just broke. Damn, I want to read it again and look for things I didn't notice the first time.
I can't tell if Margaret is a genius or a prophet. But before you take this book, check the content warnings, there's a lot, even if most aren't graphic it's still there, some even don't have a dedicated warning, like experiments with animals.
Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death, Pedophilia, and Sexual content
Minor: Car accident
benthewriter's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
3.0
Moderate: Child abuse, Genocide, Pedophilia, and Murder
mad_kling's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
What I wasn’t crazy about is how Oryx (as well as every other woman besides Jimmy’s mother) was portrayed. I understand that we are receiving information through the POV of a guy with some severe mommy issues and a deeply damaged perception of women as talking fleshlights. I also have enough media literacy to get that we aren’t supposed to find any of these characters admirable, and Atwood is certainly not endorsing all thoughts or actions of these characters. But it’s insane to me how little we get to know about one of the book’s titular characters. Oryx is a sex doll and a puppet to the very end.
It’s very clear that Jimmy never actually loved her, or even saw her as a person—he just wanted someone to save, or save him. So it makes sense why we never got to see anything but the traumatic backstory that Jimmy wrung out of her. But I would have loved to see more of her inner world, what she actually felt about what was going on, her joy, her sadness, her rage. And for her to stop saying Jimmy’s name so fucking much.
It’s possible that I was just hoping in the end that this would be a different, kinder book than the one I got. Of course that’s a pipe dream. Atwood is an excellent writer, but from what I’ve read of her books, I don’t think she’s a benevolent one.
I’ll be trying to wrap my head around what I just read for the next couple days.
Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Trafficking, and Pandemic/Epidemic