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I got this book off Bookmooch.com forever ago. It was one of those that I was interested in at one time, it came and then it collected dust on the shelf for a while. I was a little put off by its Science Fiction classification, especially since that’s a pretty far cry from books I usually read.
But, I actually ended up liking this a lot. It really makes you think, makes you appreciate what you have, and makes you think you should pay more attention to what’s going on in the world. It also really ...more
But, I actually ended up liking this a lot. It really makes you think, makes you appreciate what you have, and makes you think you should pay more attention to what’s going on in the world. It also really ...more
George Orwell-ian twist of a world that has been transformed into fear as people are forced to conform into the "new norms" and women are held captive in a world of absolutely no freedom of any kind, which has been separated into a sort of caste system, where the main character has been separated from her family and forced to be a handmaid, a woman who presumably can bare children, for the wealthy, whose wives can not. It is her job to concieve their child, and if she cannot then she will be ban
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This was chilling because certain elements don't seem that far fetched when you take the extreme religious right into account.
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Lexile 750L
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 14.0
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 14.0
Apr 28, 2011
Destiny
marked it as to-read
