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I'm sure by the time I finish reading, I'll need to hug a few life-sized teddy bears and watch reruns of Teletubbies or cutesy anime shows to feel better again.
— Aug 16, 2013 10:38AM
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I'm glad it's over. But I'm equally glad to have known Offred.
— Aug 18, 2013 02:18PM
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"What we prayed for was emptiness, so we would be worthy to be filled: with grace, with love, with self-denial, semen and babies"
Oh book, please let me read you fast and get it over with so I don't have to suffer much longer.
— Aug 17, 2013 10:28PM
Oh book, please let me read you fast and get it over with so I don't have to suffer much longer.
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So Offred is basically speaking inside her head. She doesn't have the liberty to write and even to speak freely or out of line.
Although this explains the awkward, disjointed prose it still doesn't provide much comfort.
— Aug 16, 2013 04:40AM
Although this explains the awkward, disjointed prose it still doesn't provide much comfort.
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Aug 16, 2013 10:42AM
Standard operating procedure when it comes to this book, that.
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looking forward to your thoughts on this one, it's been sitting neglected on my shelf for far too long now.
@Aubrey:- I read your review and your statement on Atwood giving new meaning to the phrase 'morbid fascination' is indeed fitting. @Sophie:- Sure thing. I hope I emerge out of the experience in one piece.
