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The Handmaid's Tale
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April 1, 2011
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June 1, 2011

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Chinook
I read this back in high school and it was my favourite required read by far. I recall doing a project on the language used: the scrabble choices, the titles, phrases the protagonist talks about.

This reread just confirmed how damn good the book is. I love that ending as well - university of Nunavut! That wouldn't have hit me on my high school reading. I wish there was so much more of this, like the Maddadam trilogy with its different perspectives, because it was hard to leave that fascinating a
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Samantha & Sean
Feb 08, 2011 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Atwood's religious dystopia "goes there." It's shocking and harrowing... one of my favorite books. ...more
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Eve
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Shelves: utopia-dystopia
Carley
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Shelves: fiction-read
Nadine
Mar 03, 2011 rated it it was ok  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: dystopian
Kye-Lee
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Anthony
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Allie
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Robbie
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Shelves: own-ebook
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