The Handmaid's Tale

The Handmaid's Tale
by Margaret Atwood

The Handmaid's Tale
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Author: Margaret Atwood
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1998-03-16
ISBN: 038549081X
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: Anchor

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Book Review: Depressing, boring waste of time
Summary: 1 Stars

I never normally get around to writing reviews but this book was just so terrible I felt compelled to write something for once. Atwood seems to want to tease the reader by failing to explain any of what is going on directly, and instead wastes our time describing how things used to be, ie. the real world that we all still live in. The plot is implausible, the characters are dull and many of the events described are horrific. If you start reading nad get the urge to stop then do it - don't waste your time dragging yourself on - it doesn't get any better!

Summary of The Handmaid's Tale

In the world of the near future, who will control women's bodies?

Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. She may leave the home of the Commander and his wife once a day to walk to food markets whose signs are now pictures instead of words because women are no longer allowed to read. She must lie on her back once a month and pray that the Commander makes her pregnant, because in an age of declining births, Offred and the other Handmaids are only valued if their ovaries are viable.

Offred can remember the days before, when she lived and made love with her husband Luke; when she played with and protected her daughter; when she had a job, money of her own, and access to knowledge. But all of that is gone now....

Funny, unexpected, horrifying, and altogether convincing, The Handmaid's Tale is at once scathing satire, dire warning, and tour de force.

Atwood, Margaret Books

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