Why do people even write trilogies? They should just quit after the first; it's always the best. The second is always mildly disappointing, and the third is downright annoying and repetitive. Usually by the time I get to the third, I just don't care anymore!
It happened with The Hunger Games and with Fifty Shades and now with Margaret Atwood's trilogy. Oryx and Crake amused me, and although I didn't like The Year of the Flood as much, it held my attention until the end. I didn't like the preachy, end-of-the-world rhetoric with prayers interspersed throughout, but I wanted to know how the characters connected.
I just finished Book 3, MaddAddam, which I almost dropped after the first few chapters. I hate giving up on books, and along came February vacation so I decided to give it more time. (I had to download it again from the library; no renewing ebooks!) I did get drawn back in, mostly because I was curious about one particular character's history, and I was happy to be reading for pleasure during my vacation rather than doing the schoolwork I brought home with me!
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