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WOW. Amazing. At the 90th page or so, I grabbed a pen and started writing notes in margins, underlining, circling repeated motifs and themes, noting descriptive techniques, etc etc. I have a LOT to say about what I consider to be a FRIGGING TEXTBOOK EXAMPLE OF 'WELL WRITTEN NOVEL'. However, I am not writing reviews over Easter weekend, so I will be back to update this later...I do after all, need a few days to go through all of the scribbles I made in my paperback! --Jen from Quebec :0)
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Beautiful writing but a much simpler story than what I expect from Atwood
I love Margaret Atwood, and this was no disappointment. The structure takes a while to get used to, and occasionally I wasn't sure which sister was in a scene -- but I'm pretty sure that was intentional.
I didn't like the main character - I just kept wanting her to turn into some superwoman and save everyone. But this is Margaret Atwood, writing about real life with real people. Iris' fate was sealed not by any inherent malevolence, but by the times she lived in, her family, and her social statu ...more
I didn't like the main character - I just kept wanting her to turn into some superwoman and save everyone. But this is Margaret Atwood, writing about real life with real people. Iris' fate was sealed not by any inherent malevolence, but by the times she lived in, her family, and her social statu ...more
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