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The Handmaid’s Tale
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
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December 1, 2014
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December 1, 2014

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Haylee Lederer
Sep 12, 2014 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: dystopian-post-apocalyptic
This book left me with a lump in my throat. I feel this physical need to know what happened to Offred. As I went through this book, I noticed that my body reacted to it. I was uncomfortable, as well as too knowing of the situations described. My body felt the shame, awkwardness, desire, love, and confusion that Offred's did. I guess that is what makes this book so powerful. It takes real life feelings and places them in this world, which at first seems so foreign, but is it really? It frustrated ...more
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The Lady Anna
May 15, 2015 rated it really liked it
Shelves: fiction, crime, overdue-podcast-episode, dystopian, read-and-own-physical-book
Me for most of this book:
"What the HELL is going on here?"
"What is happening???"
"Why is this happening???"

FINALLY at the very end in the "history lesson" that was a bit annoying to read honestly, they come out and say what and why everything before it was going on. I loved a lot of things about this book and I think it's got the makings of a classic. Very Brave New World, only a little more graphic sexually. It has a lot of philosophical points and makes you think about how society is, and wher ...more
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Jillypenny
Apr 25, 2013 rated it it was amazing
I re-read this for book club and continue to love it. I was surprised by how much I’d forgotten since I’d last read it.
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Savannah Oakes
Sep 25, 2011 rated it really liked it
Shelves: books-i-own
Look I finally read it =)
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Mar 14, 2011 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: literature, fiction
Rachel
Jul 21, 2011 rated it it was amazing
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Oct 18, 2011 rated it really liked it
Lisa Tipescu
Feb 05, 2012 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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Mar 22, 2012 rated it really liked it
Shelves: dystopian-fiction, 4-star
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May 17, 2012 rated it liked it
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May 18, 2012 marked it as to-read
Gabby Gonzalez
Jul 08, 2012 rated it it was amazing
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Aug 06, 2012 rated it liked it
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Oct 14, 2012 rated it really liked it
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May 14, 2017 rated it it was amazing
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Feb 08, 2014 rated it it was amazing
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Sep 03, 2015 marked it as to-read
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