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

Margaret Atwood

Start date: November 1, 2024

Finish date: November 15, 2024

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Jan 31, 2014 Megan rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Shelves: borrow-or-need-to-buy, dystopian, uno-2017, rlftci-17-000-in-2017, new-to-me-authors-2017, read-in-2017, 2017-challenge-books, ammp-team-scottie-dog, minesweeper-2017, april-2017

I don't know why this book has such high ratings. It sounded like an interesting book, until I started to read it. I personally never got into it and if not that I had to finish it for a challenge I was doing I'm sure it would've made the short list of books on my dnf shelf. I don't believe that society would change so quickly and easily, it sounded as though everything happened within at most 10 years...and that's being generous. This just wasn't a book for me. ...more

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Jan 19, 2015 Suzanne rated it liked it

Shelves: dystopian

I read this book in small doses, which is fine. It was ok, but I felt in a sense like I was reading propaganda.

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May 06, 2015 Maddie rated it liked it · review of another edition

Weirdest ending. Pointless storyline, almost no plot. But for some reason I liked it. I thought the writing structure was really weird, and I didn't like all the similes and commas, but it definitely wasn't what I thought it'd be. But, seeing as it's one of those books you've gotta read before you die, I read it, and I'm glad I did haha. ...more

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Jan 20, 2017 Talyah rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Shelves: dnf, own, adult, classics, dystopia-post-apoc, read-in-2017

I have been looking forward to reading this ever since I finished The Blind Assassin years ago. Unfortunately, I don't care for what I've read/listened to so far. I own the paperback but the audio version was free on amazon unlimited so I figured I'd go ahead and start listening while driving to and from work. So I'm not sure if it's Clair Danes that ruins this for me or if it is the actual book.

Let me point out that I loved The Blind Assassin, and it made me fall in love with Atwood's writing. ...more

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Mar 24, 2016 Ebb rated it liked it

A very well written book, but very disturbing. It's a dystopian where women are there just to have children and raise them as well as do household chores, depending on your role in the house. They are no longer allowed to have money, live on their own, and even in some cases, have their own children themselves. Although the topics are difficult and disturbing, our narrator Offred, mainly tells the story in a matter of fact fashion. While many parts of this society are still unknown to Offred, th ...more

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Nov 14, 2018 Brindi Michele rated it liked it

Shelves: dystopia-sci-fi, audio-books, personal-interest-adult, classics, made-into-movies-tv

I had mixed feelings with this one...I found myself mystified, terrified, and yet enthralled all at once. Confused at times, yes, and while I may be of the minority who isn't concerned this will happen anytime in our future I was entertained with the idea and storyline. However, definitely extreme. ...more

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