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A horrifying tale that sends chills down your spine. What makes the story more frightening is the complete possibility of it to become true. Hopefully, it will not come to that.
With minimum words, Atwood creates maximum impact and you are lost in her words. Every sentence is bone-chilling and hits you hard.
The newspaper stories were like dreams to us, bad dreams dreamt by others. How awful, we would say, and they were, but they were awful without being believable. They were too melodramatic, th ...more
With minimum words, Atwood creates maximum impact and you are lost in her words. Every sentence is bone-chilling and hits you hard.
The newspaper stories were like dreams to us, bad dreams dreamt by others. How awful, we would say, and they were, but they were awful without being believable. They were too melodramatic, th ...more

It was a little hard to get used to the narrative style, though it became clear at the end why it was used. Atwood is a master of literary device, possibly unlike anyone I've ever read before. It's truly terrifying to think that we could end up in a place like this as women if the political climate does not change.
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