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Do you wish Gilead would come true?
Ronda Bizarre. I can't imagine anyone who would see this as a good thing. No one in Gilead has any kind of a stable relationship--neither women nor men! Whe…moreBizarre. I can't imagine anyone who would see this as a good thing. No one in Gilead has any kind of a stable relationship--neither women nor men! When there is no freedom, there is also no love. Men are no more free in this society than women are, and no more fulfilled.

I thought the writing was really poor in this book, And I really couldn't bring myself to care about these two-dimensional characters so completely devoid of personality. A society like this one could never continue for long, because everyone in it would self-destruct. Without caring relationships, there is no reason to live. (less)
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MaryAlice Curious, Rhonda, what society do you live in? Media gets blamed for more things than they should. There are biased media outlets, propaganda "media" m ...more
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Ronda I live in a small town in America and always have. I think most of the media is not only biased, but far too powerful. Everyone is influenced by which ...more
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