Oryx and Crake

Read this on the suggestion of lots of friends; I'd been avoiding it for a few years because I'd assumed I wouldn't like it. Turns out I was right. It's an exceptionally slow in terms of narrative, and very soft in terms of science fiction. The book has obvious parallels to Stephenson's Anathem, which is a much better way to spend your reading budget. It's worth saying that Oryx and Crake isn't egregiously bad; it's just not worth the effort.