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

Margaret Atwood

Start date: March 22, 2014

Finish date: March 31, 2014

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May 14, 2017 Midu Hadi rated it liked it · review of another edition

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The Prose

Books set in post-apocalyptic settings usually have an ominous feeling about them. You will start to get that vibe from the very first line. The Handmaid's Tale (THT) wasn't different in that regard.
Consider the following lines and you will see what I mean:

"We slept in what had once been the gymnasium.
...for the games that were formerly played there
...the hoops for the basketball nets were still i ...more

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