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Review title: dull; trite; meaningless
Product review: Oryx and Crake is a poorly written, aimless novel. Atwood's writing style is extrememly trite, her characters are flat, and her plot is unimaginative.I am a fan of dystopic novels, but this one failed to engage me in any meaningful way. The main character is unbelievably dull and at no time evinces even a modicum of understanding about his own inane life pre-chaos, the state of affairs post-chaos, or the human condition in general. Unfortunately, the author evinces just as little understanding.The ending of this novel, is, if possible, worse than the rest of it. Why on earth did Jimmy/Snowman do the things he did? The true horror of reading this book is the realization that one day the human race could be in the hands of a half-wit such as him [or by extension, the author].Why is Margaret Atwood praised so highly? If this is the new literature of modern times, we are headed toward chaos for sure.
