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"The entire government, gone like that. How did they get in, how did it happen? That was when they suspended the Constitution. They said it would be temporary. There wasn't even any rioting in the streets. People stayed home at night, watching television, looking for some direction." ...more
"The entire government, gone like that. How did they get in, how did it happen? That was when they suspended the Constitution. They said it would be temporary. There wasn't even any rioting in the streets. People stayed home at night, watching television, looking for some direction." ...more
Not at all dated and scarily relevant in 2017, I'd heard good things about the TV show so finally boosted this on to my reading list just in time for Channel 4 to pick the show up in the UK. I've seen a lot of reviewers who felt that it was unrealistic, that the women born before Gileadan society was founded would never have submitted so easily, but when your money, property and employment are taken from you and the government will torture or execute anyone who doesn't step into line, surely sub
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I wish I'd read this one as part of class, because there's so much to talk about, so many layers. It's obviously different from the show for some reasons, but it's crazy to see how Atwood's stretch of a dystopian future based off the current state of the 80s is so believable for a future based off the current state of the '10s. Honestly, it might be more believable now.
I like that Offred isn't totally likeable. That there's few likable characters. I like that she's not a heroine, but just one o ...more
I like that Offred isn't totally likeable. That there's few likable characters. I like that she's not a heroine, but just one o ...more
Imagine a world where women have no rights. Where woman are classified by whether they are fertile or not. This is the world Margaret Atwood introduces in The Handmaid's Tale and this was my book club pick for the month of April.
It frightens me whenever I read a book that is set in the future but is still eerily relevant to the here and now. What is going on today with Planned Parenthood funding and the right wing fundamentalists of the US reminds me of the beginning days of the Republic of Gile ...more
It frightens me whenever I read a book that is set in the future but is still eerily relevant to the here and now. What is going on today with Planned Parenthood funding and the right wing fundamentalists of the US reminds me of the beginning days of the Republic of Gile ...more
Worth the reread in light of present political climate. Also interesting to read now (as opposed to the first read in my early twenties) in light of infertility and post-academic life.
Still just as creepy as when I read it back in high school. Only now I feel the subject matter being terribly prescient.
Nov 02, 2025
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