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

Margaret Atwood

Start date: June 1, 2012

Finish date: August 31, 2012

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May 21, 2016 Tanya Patrice rated it it was ok

Maybe 2.5 - but I rated it less because I need my books to have a story - a plot ... To start somewhere, and end up somewhere else, with things happening in between the beginning and the end. That's what I think this book lacks. A+ for writing style and premise, as well as world building. But without a dramatic story - and it easily could have one - I was left counting the pages until the end. ...more

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Mar 28, 2017 GONZA rated it liked it · review of another edition

I have complexes and mixed feelings about this book, and I've had them all along. Since the beginning I was captivated by the story, the setting was so unsettling (pun intended) that I was eager to see how the story was going to proceed, but my problem has always been the fact that I find the prose of Margaret Atwood slow, so slow that I always read some other books in the meantime. This time was no exception, but in the end I obliged myself to read the last 100 pages in one setting, because I w ...more

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Jul 24, 2021 Yi Lin rated it it was ok

Not sure why I was so keen to read this (probably from seeing all the hype and reviews), but if I’d wanted to read more about a dystopia I could’ve simply just read the news.

Didn’t enjoy the writing too, but I think the monotony was part of the voice.

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