The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood

The Year of the Flood

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Margaret Atwood

fiction dystopian science fiction adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

517 pages | first published 2009

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The times and species have been changing at a rapid rate, and the social compact is wearing as thin as environmental stability. Adam One, the kindly leader of the God's Gardeners—a religion devoted to the melding of science and religion, as well a...
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reflective 47%
tense 43%
challenging 35%
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funny 9%
hopeful 7%
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inspiring 4%

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