Cat’s Eye in Boxall's 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

Aug 19, 2009 Cynthia Paschen rated it it was amazing

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Margaret Atwood understands girls and how mean they can be. Case in Point: Cat's Eye. Read it, read it, read it.

Re-read September 2015.
It's been a long time since I read this. Early 1990s?

I was struck by Atwood's character's focus on the environment, with even early warnings about global warming and other perils.
(page 229:) "A lot of the time my brother doesn't seem aware of me. He's thinking about other things, solemn things that are important. He sits at the dinner table, his right hand moving ...more

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Mar 01, 2009 Lisa Litberg rated it really liked it · review of another edition

"Time is not a line but a dimension, like the dimensions of space."

I read this book yesterday. It was a last minute decision--I need to finish a book for the 1% Well Read challenge, so it had to be something I had on hand that I could read quickly. I chose wisely--Atwood always weaves a captivating story. This story has to do with girls, and what damages they can do to one another. It also has to do with the past, and how fluid it is--the past can always verge into the present.

Elaine is a paint ...more

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Oct 05, 2016 Astrid Lim rated it liked it · review of another edition

Ahhhh finally finishing this book! Somehow this book feels so slow for me and a bit too flat. It's written as some sort of memoir, so mostly narrative with minimum dialogues, and the plot was back and forth between Elaine's past and present days. Some parts, for example when Elaine was struggling with the bullies when she was in elementary school, is quite interesting and I hoped for more scenes on that. But unfortunately there's no clear conclusions and closure on what really happened afterward ...more

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