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What can I say that hasn't already been said? It's absolutely brilliant.
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I can't remember the last time I devoured a book so quickly, but felt both horrified and repulsed by the content matter in it. This novel, set in a distopian future where women are property, chronicles the life of one woman living in this Old Testament style post-America.
It jumps around a lot, and the writing is very internal and stream of consciousness, but I felt it was completely appropriate for the narration being laid out. It made everything feel scary, hopeless, and nostalgic.
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It jumps around a lot, and the writing is very internal and stream of consciousness, but I felt it was completely appropriate for the narration being laid out. It made everything feel scary, hopeless, and nostalgic.
I really wi ...more
A misogynist theocracy has taken over the United States. Women are not allowed to own property or work. Some women are enlisted into the ranks of handmaids whose job it is to reproduce on behalf of members of the elite. It's a pretty bleak book but incredibly interesting to read. I was turning the pages of this one all day.
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