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Mar 08, 2016
Yefim
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4.5*
This is a beautiful book, powerfully written and overflowing with femininity. As a dystopia, it is insightful and relentless in its dissection of the nature of totalitarianism, made all the worse by the fact that it had come true for millions of women in Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, Yemen, and many other places in the 30 years since the novel’s publication. Offred’s passivity grated a bit- she’s no Winston Smith, that’s for sure- and is possibly more than a mere stylistic choice, but a product ...more
This is a beautiful book, powerfully written and overflowing with femininity. As a dystopia, it is insightful and relentless in its dissection of the nature of totalitarianism, made all the worse by the fact that it had come true for millions of women in Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, Yemen, and many other places in the 30 years since the novel’s publication. Offred’s passivity grated a bit- she’s no Winston Smith, that’s for sure- and is possibly more than a mere stylistic choice, but a product ...more
I listened to this book at bed time, and I would miss a lot, and then have to turn it back the next night. What a terrible existence this book portrayed. I gave it one star, because I had a hard time with the whole concept.
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