The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood

Don't usually read much science fiction but enjoyed Atwood's approach, which has some fine writing and real enough characters for me to relate. Thought some of her character motivation/plot elements were hard to buy - perhaps she was dealing more with 'ideas'. Guess it can be hard to balance both. My book clubbers liked the prequel to this - Oryx and Crake - better. Might try that too, soon.