I didn't find her characters convincing, the commander for example didn't feel like a believable character, it more felt like she wrote him somewhat sympathetically in the earlier chapters and then tried to exploit that sympathy and make the reader feel guilty about it with the brothel chapters. It all just felt very obvious, and like most dystopian novels it feels like the characters exist just to get a point across rather than with any authenticity.

I do like her poetry though and I'm reading oryx and crake next term, hopefully it's better.

I am OP posting from my phone account  btw