Julie Needham answers “is the plot similar to A Handmaid's Tale?...”

Jo Carol asked this question about Vox:

is the plot similar to A Handmaid's Tale? i loved that

Julie Needham It was very similar to The Handmaid's Tale in the beginning, with some interesting and perhaps even better ideas on how the school system can change y…moreIt was very similar to The Handmaid's Tale in the beginning, with some interesting and perhaps even better ideas on how the school system can change young people -- echoes of Nazi Germany. Then the book takes a nose dive into one over-the-top made-for-TV illogical event after the next. It's as if you accepted the premise of the Martian, and you're cheering for Matt Damon and his potatoes, and then zombies show up, and then it turns out Matt Damon has telekinesis, and then there's a female astronaut who was also stranded on Mars at the same time. I've rarely gone from loving a book so much to being so thoroughly disappointed.(less)

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