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The Handmaid's Tale
With terrifying understatement, this novel narrates the life of a college-educated mother ripped from her career and family to be a slave, in a dystopian United States too plausible to be forgotten. Forbidden by a fanatical government to read, choose their own clothes or appear in public alone, handmaids fulfill an awful purpose as the servants of wealthy families. All the while, however, strange new friendships emerge between the powerless and the powerful, as revolution glimmers on the horizon.
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Hated it!!!!
But I read it!!!
Well written for the subject it was describing. Very visual. Maybe a lil to dark for me. What imagination do you have to have to write this book?!
Literally read this while you can. I could feel it in my bones as a woman and I wish more boys would grow up understanding how very real this fear is.
This is a really good book and I think you should read it because we take a lot of freedoms for granted but it also shows that there is always more to be done when it comes to feminism.
Bleh. Meh. Eh. Nothing happened in the whole book till the end. Which when you read the epilogue it makes sense. But I just was not interested in this entire book.
Margaret Atwood's writing and Claire Dane's narration are so beautiful! The writing is poetic and powerful, the narration brings life to the story and gives Offred a voice. I think the audio book did more for me than reading a physical book would have. I could not do this book the justice it deserves.
As Offred told her story, I could not help but become indignant, not only at the commanders, but also at the society that existed before. That there was room for this messed up society to rise up and gain a foothold. That humans could treat other humans this way. That people still had not learned from history. I know that no one believes this can happen to society, nobody willingly puts themselves in a position for oppression, but emotions run rampant with this book. My emotions are not immune to Atwood's words.
This book does not have a perfect, fairy tale ending. While that often leaves me feeling confused at the end, I enjoy the harsh reality of it. Life isn't a fairy tale. Reading a book that is true to life in this manner is refreshing and eye opening. It reminds me not to take things for granted.
The speculation lets the novel live on past its final pages; the reader is kept guessing, wondering,
questioning.
I have high praise for this book. It is beautifully written, expertly narrated, and very thought provoking.
As Offred told her story, I could not help but become indignant, not only at the commanders, but also at the society that existed before. That there was room for this messed up society to rise up and gain a foothold. That humans could treat other humans this way. That people still had not learned from history. I know that no one believes this can happen to society, nobody willingly puts themselves in a position for oppression, but emotions run rampant with this book. My emotions are not immune to Atwood's words.
This book does not have a perfect, fairy tale ending. While that often leaves me feeling confused at the end, I enjoy the harsh reality of it. Life isn't a fairy tale. Reading a book that is true to life in this manner is refreshing and eye opening. It reminds me not to take things for granted.
The speculation lets the novel live on past its final pages; the reader is kept guessing, wondering,
questioning.
I have high praise for this book. It is beautifully written, expertly narrated, and very thought provoking.
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