Oryx and Crake

I began reading a new book this week - partly because I need to read this book for my Responsibilities for the Future class. The book is Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood. It is a BIG book!! (I usually tend to not select books that are too big). However, it is a national bestseller novel; therefore, I decided it couldn't be anything too bad then. I read the first page and was confused, so I googled the book's summary online. I read this and then decided I could tackle this book after knowing the basics to it. I began reading the story yesterday and have read for at least 2 hours now, which is a common rarity for me to read this much in a book in such short of time. The story is a bit different and kind of weird, but I tend to enjoy books of this sort. Right now the book reminds me a little of Lois Lowry's The Giver - one of my favorite books. It is different, however, from The Giver in that this society is based in the future of the 21st century. This society is the aftermath of many of the things we are researching today and close in perfecting. For instance, Jimmy (the main character) has a mother and father who work for a genetic engineering place where they grow organ tissues inside "pigoons" in order to replicate more organs for a better system of transplants to humans. They live in a closed-in community that is away from the rest of the real world; this is to help keep out any diseases or viruses that could infect the pigoons. The community is almost utopian that is filled with malls, schools, clubs, golf courses, pools, restaurants, etc. However, it is completely blocked off from the rest of the world. Therefore, there are some problems within this "perfect" community, which I guess I will find out the more I read in this book.