The Handmaid's Tale

Overall, it was a bit slow and dry, but definitely scary. It was a good meditation inspiration about not taking rights and privileges for granted and had a few great passages such as this: "It’s an event, a small defiance of rule, so small as to be undetectable, but such moments are the rewards I hold out for myself, like the candy I hoarded, as a child, at the back of a drawer. Such moments are possibilities, tiny peepholes."

Did. Not. Like!

I feel this novel was building up in plot and intensity and then ultimate fell extremely flat. What exactly did I read? It felt like there was nowhere for the plot to go and just kind of ended? I guess that was a cliffhanger, but I don’t feel as though I care to know what happens. The main character was so unlike-able in my opinion, that I don’t care for them or seeing what happens next. The book consisted of some many descriptions of things and not much else. The overall world is so interesting but I don’t think the plot of the protagonist lived up to the intricate and interesting world Atwood created.

The books is well-written...I just didn't care much for it. Maybe the whole scenario was just too depressing for me.

This book seemed promising however, the plot never started to pick up and reveal the reasons for the weird prison like atmosphere of the women in the city. I lost interest around page 58. Nothing changed from page to page. So many books so little time.