It's been a thrilling ride in Atwood's trilogy. I'll admit that there were curious parts of this book that took me out of it at certain points-- (

I'm unsure how Toby from The Year of the Flood, amidst the chaos of, y'know, the world ending, decided to become filled with jealous insecurities in this book? Her characterization kind of took a turn and while I love Toby, this little oddity just seemed incongruous with the person I came to know in book 2.

) -- but overall I did enjoy how the series ended. For how bleak of an outlook it has on the future of humanity (~starting to look like reality~), it does contain hope. There were certain tedious parts that made sense by the end, as well. The laughing I did in some of the wrap-up was due to having had to read those earlier passages. I should also mention that Atwood is a master at shifting perspectives and it does become very exciting in the climactic scenes.

Sidenote, one morning I opened the work fridge and there were some very ripe raspberries and I shuddered thinking of the effects of that BlyssPluss pill. Atwood makes the world look different - or, especially when it comes to the environment and animals and tyrants and humans, she sharpens your focus on reality even though you just read something fictitious.