From the Bookshelf of Between the Lines…

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

Margaret Atwood

Start date: May 1, 2010

Finish date: May 31, 2010

Discussion: Themed Reading

Find A Copy At

Libraries

Group Discussions About This Book

Showing 2 of 5 topics — 224 comments total

Themed Reading

* Suggestions for Monthly Themes
By Beth · 19 posts · 573 views

last updated Aug 25, 2011 03:05AM

*Spoilers possible* The Boy in the Stripped Pajamas - Reading as an adult - interpretations
By Ellie · 2 posts · 66 views

last updated Jul 06, 2012 09:50AM

showing 7 of 7 topics view all »

What Members Thought

Dec 18, 2008 Wendy rated it it was amazing

Shelves: jan-17, 4000-books

What a great read! I now will have to read more of Margaret Atwood's novels.
I enjoyed this novel even more the second time I read it. ...more

55 likes · Like · see review

Aug 03, 2021 Danielle rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here.

2 likes · Like · see review

Oct 13, 2008 Jessica rated it it was amazing

Shelves: contemporary

One of my favorite Atwood's. This story made me consider what could happen. Filled with meaning, it is well worth the read. ...more

1 like · Like · see review

Jun 22, 2009 Vonney Young rated it it was amazing

I think I'd rather die trying to escape or standing up to my captors
than to be held against my will like the women and girls of Gilead. I
learned I'm way too old and independent in my thoughts and actions to
be influenced or intimidated by religion and religious leaders. Gilead
may be a fictitious place, but in my view, it already exists or existed
in convents, in fundamentalist Muslim communities, in Amish and Mennonite settlements, in branches of the Mormon Church or Church of Latter Day Saints. W ...more

Like · see review