"Lights a fire from the fears of our age. . . . Miraculously balances humor, outrage, and beauty." –The New York Times Book Review
"Margaret Atwood is an utterly thrilling storyteller. . . . [
MaddAddam is] wonderfully entertaining and just about everything you could want in a novel." –
The Washington Post
"Thoughtful, sardonic, and full of touches that almost resemble a fairy tale,
MaddAddam will stick with you long after you've put it down." –NPR
"The most profound [book] of the trilogy. . . . An adventure story and a philosophical meditation on humanity's predilection for carnage and creation." –
The Economist "[Atwood's] most incisive and sociologically acute work. . . . A picture of a very near and very plausible future." –
New York magazine
"[Atwood's] vision of global disaster in the not-too-distant future is thrilling, funny, touching and, yes, horrific." –
The Washington Post
"Fiction master Margaret Atwood wields a mighty pen." –
O, The Oprah Magazine
"Sardonically funny. . . . [Atwood] certainly has the tone exactly right, both for the linguistic hypocrisy that can disguise any kind of catastrophe, and for the contemptuous dismissal of those who point to disaster. . . .
MaddAddam is at once a pre- and a post-apocalypse story." –
The Wall Street Journal
"The culmination of a satirical dystopian saga a decade in the making. . . . Full of adventure and intrigue." –
San Francisco Chronicle
"The imaginative universe Atwood has created in these books is huge. . . . It's a dystopia, but it's still fun." –
Los Angeles Times
"This third book of Margaret Atwood's acclaimed near-future dystopian trilogy is its best. . . . Atwood presents a moving and convincing case for our stories' continued existence long after we're gone." –
The Seattle Times
"This unsentimental narrative exposes the heart of human creativity as well as our self-destructive darkness. . . .
MaddAddam is fueled with edgy humor, sardonic twists, hilarious coincidences." –
The Boston Globe
"This novel sings. . . . Close attention to detail, to voice, to what's in the hearts of these people: love, loss, the need to keep on keeping on, no matter what." –
The Miami Herald
"There is something funny, even endearing, about such a dark and desperate view of a future–a ravaged world emerging from alarmingly familiar trends–that is so jam-packed with the gifts of imagination, invention, intelligence and joy. There may be some hope for us yet." –
Minneapolis Star Tribune