MaddAddam Age Rating: What Age Is It Right For?

Recommended Age:
16
+
Great for independent readers who enjoy immersive, character-driven speculative fiction with thought-provoking themes.

About the Book

The trilogy's conclusion follows the surviving human and Craker community as they attempt to build something sustainable in the post-plague world, while Toby tells the Crakers the story of their creation through an evolving mythology, and the human survivors must confront a lingering threat from dangerous survivors. Less apocalyptic in energy than its predecessors but deeply satisfying as a conclusion. The warmest and most hopeful volume in the trilogy.

Content Ratings

❤️
Moderate Romance
A romantic relationship between two central characters is emotionally central to this volume, including sexual content described with moderate directness. The relationship is one of the novel's primary emotional threads.
💡
Moderate Themes
The book explores what a new human society might look like when built from scratch, the ethics of creating mythology for a new species, and the difficulty of processing trauma and rebuilding trust after total civilizational collapse.
⚔️
Moderate Violence
Dangerous criminal survivors pose a threat. Violence is less prominent than in prior books in the series.
MaddAddam by Margaret Atwood Book Cover
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Author:
Margaret Atwood
Genre:
Science Fiction
Published:
2013
Page Count:
394
Ages:
16
+

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