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Oct 16, 2009
Graceann
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In this classic novel, Margaret Atwood offers us a story of a future that is not entirely out of the realm of imagination. As is stated in the final chapter, nothing mentioned in the novel is truly fictional - each of the events happened at one time or another in human history: subjugation of women and forced breeding are hardly new concepts. What Margaret Atwood does here is create a "civilization," Gilead, wherein all the small elements that were used at various times come together in a horrif
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I selected this for the 2016 BookRiot Read Harder Challenge category "Read a dystopian or post-apocalyptic novel." Once I got into the rhythm of the story, I really enjoyed this brilliant satirical cautionary tale, and really liked the dreamlike feel to the narration. As I read the novel, it felt like I was listening to the titular handmaid relaying her story, as she recalled the past. Set in the fictitious Republic of Gilead (in what we later learn is somewhere in what would be Maine), the stor
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I've wanted to read this book for more than a decade, so it's a double pleasure having enjoyed it so much and checking it off my to read list. What struck me most was not so much the social commentary, although that may have been Atwood's main intent, but the emotional life of the narrator. The way the novel was structured, I felt drawn in to what at first felt like a emotionally distant character. But by the end I was feeling her reactions viscerally.
I really loved the way Atwood crafted this ...more
I really loved the way Atwood crafted this ...more
Aug 05, 2008
Marcella
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it was amazing
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Mar 15, 2011
Alani
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Sep 19, 2012
Jen (NerdifiedJen)
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Oct 28, 2012
Sara
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it was ok
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Aug 31, 2014
Krissy
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Mar 18, 2017
Leslie Jerkins
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