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This book was chilling and compelling.
The strangeness of the story yet with so much reference to a possible future. The fact it was written almost 40 years ago does not diminish its impact in anyway. I think it is even more forceful for that.
The narrative style would not suit everyone. Yet I felt the stark structure leant itself to this story.
The strangeness of the story yet with so much reference to a possible future. The fact it was written almost 40 years ago does not diminish its impact in anyway. I think it is even more forceful for that.
The narrative style would not suit everyone. Yet I felt the stark structure leant itself to this story.
“There is more than one kind of freedom," said Aunt Lydia. "Freedom to and freedom from. In the days of anarchy, it was freedom to. Now you are being given freedom from. Don't underrate it.”
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I really enjoyed "The Handmaid's Tale." I would describe this as 1984-esqe, looking at a future society that stripped women of their rights and their identity. Really glad I finally read this classic!
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A very disturbing book, but once you start it's hard to put down.
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Read for the first time in many years. Still as powerful and disturbing as I remember.
Dec 22, 2010
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