The Handmaid's Tale (Cliffs Notes) by Mary Ellen Snodgrass
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Book Reviews of The Handmaid's Tale (Cliffs Notes)
Book Review: This book left me questioning todays morals and standards.
Summary: 3 Stars
Margarat Atwood cleverly asks readers to question the future and the power that some people have over each other in her book "The Handmaids Tale". Offred, the main charector, left much to the imagination, and through-out the book I was forced to relate their circumstances to ours today. This book touched me, it is a very effective and painfull piece of writing.Book Review: Shows the evolution of the writer
Summary: 3 Stars
Good god! Does everyone expect a polished, happy ending of every novel? Try reading some of Atwoods other works. _Cat's Eye_ for example leaves you hanging on the end of the novel as well. This was a fascinating novel, filled with the unclaimed promises of patriarchial society.Book Review: Thought provoking but heavy-handed
Summary: 2 Stars
"The Handmaid's Tale" is a frightening story to be sure, and is certainly a worthy accomplishment, but I found it lacking in a certain... spontanaeity? No, that's not the right word, but it seemed to me that the entire story was a little too well planned, a little too self-conscious. Overly analytical. The author obviously had planned all the topics she wanted to discuss in the novel, and at every turn she pumps the reader with more sophisticated imagery and allusions. A good novel, but lacking subtlety. There, that's the right word, subtlety.Book Review: About as interesting as a tumbleweed is to cattle
Summary: 2 Stars
The writing is very good. She has a very good poetic sense and the imagery is excellent. That said, however, the story is at first engaging but leaves the reader wanting with too many unfinished details. I think the author became confused between offering this as a story or as an account.Book Review: Thoughtful premises followed by an unsatisfactory ending
Summary: 2 Stars
While the Orwellian concept of a government controlled society is initially intriguing, the character development is sluggish, and many of the terms used in the book are inadequately defined.