Recommended Age:
16
+
Best for independent readers who enjoy thought-provoking, immersive speculative fiction with complex, character-driven narratives.
About the Book
Snowman apparently the last human being alive watches over a community of engineered post-human creatures called Crakers and recounts how the world ended, revealing the story of his genius friend Crake who created a plague to reset humanity, and the enigmatic woman Oryx whom both men loved. A darkly comic, furiously inventive novel about biotechnology, corporate power, and the human capacity for destruction. The first volume of Atwood's MaddAddam trilogy.
Content Ratings
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Intense Themes
Corporate eugenics, the commodification of human biology, child sexual exploitation as a global industry, and one individual's decision to end the human species are sustained themes of profound moral complexity.
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Moderate Violence
The main character's friend engineered the extinction of humanity. Corporate genetic experimentation occurs. Violence is present as background and in key scenes.
