I'm so glad Margaret Atwood has published so many novels, because I cannot wait to read them all but also pace myself. I definitely paced myself as I read this novel, which I loved from its first paragraph. Her writing slowly unfolds to reveal a bleak future that has roots in the news of the last decade or so. It's devastating, beautiful, and a marvel as a novel. I'm looking forward to reading the rest of this trilogy, and one day coming back to Snowman's plight.