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Jan 08, 2024i_read_ rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
summary: so this book is about a word in which women are valued only for their ovaries and being fertile. men and women are broken up into a rigid social hierarchy, with each class having distinct social responsibilities. men are at the…
Dec 13, 2023InnisfilTeenReads rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
The Handmaid's Tale is a book that takes place in a confined town called "Gilead." Within this community, people are required to follow extreme rules including they cannot hug or speak their true opinions. Gilead is a…
Sep 24, 2023That_one_lesbian rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This book is absolutely amazing. It is a must-read. Although the world building is vague, I enjoyed it because it created a sense of mystery and urged you to draw your own conclusions. I thoroughly enjoyed this piece, and its reputation as…
Aug 13, 2023dylankemp rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Wonderful. Gruelling, difficult, and wonderful. Her world building and her writing style are both superb.
Jul 29, 2023Isorensensoarin rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
One of my all-time favorite books. Margaret Atwood's story was as traumatizing as it is gripping, horrifying, emotional, funny, descriptive, and timeless. "The Handmaid's Tale" is one of those rare books that can make you laugh, cry, and…
Jun 13, 2023EshaanKaipa rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
In Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel, "The Handmaid's Tale," readers are transported to the Republic of Gilead, a future society where women are stripped of their rights and reduced to reproductive vessels. The story follows Offred, a…
May 26, 2023BiblioJP rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
On one hand, Atwood is a superb writer and I was truly drinking the words without interruption, as they flow smoothly and eloquently. The characters are believable and I felt the sorrow, rage and anxiety that animated the protagonist…
Apr 21, 2023fred98115 rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
Gripping dystopian novel of the USA after a Puritan theocracy is installed. Widely viewed as a feminist book due to the depiction of women whose only value is sexual. Depressing read with an unsettled ending.
Mar 14, 2023InnisfilTeenReads rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
The Handmaid's Tale is a dystopian novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood. It is set in an oppressive future society where women, including the protagonist Offred, are forced into sexual servitude. The novel explores themes of gender,…
Jan 21, 2023
" the modesty costumes worn by the women of gilead are drived from western religious iconography---the wives wear the blue of purity, from the virgin mary, the handmaids wear red, from the blood of parturition, but also from mary…
Nov 30, 2022alburke47 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
With classic novels, I rarely talk about the book itself unless I find something objectionable. I can assure you I did not unless the treatment of the Handmaids counts. I listened to the audiobook of this, read by the excellent Claire…
Sep 29, 2022appleylemons rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Set in the future, this story recounts the tale of a Handmaid, someone who serves as a surrogate mother to different families, according to the customs and government practices in the newly-established Republic of Gilead. This is the…
Sep 25, 2022crazycatladyreads rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
It is horrifying how realistic this book is.
Sep 01, 2022leawells rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Nearer the truth than when first read years ago.
Aug 16, 2022nooraskender rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
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Aug 08, 2022AnnSkye rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
A strange view of a possible future world. It didn’t really grab me and draw me in.
May 22, 2022
I haven’t read the book quite yet, but will review at a later date (currently on hold) : I look forward to reading it and forming my own opinion. If Elizabeth Moss is a as big of a fan of Ms. Atwood as she produces in her character, I…
May 12, 2022
I didn't really like this book when I read it because I thought it was too unrealistic - I mean how could this happen? But now with the filthy republican trumpers taking over the US and trying to shove their disgusting misogynist,…
Apr 26, 2022Jan847 rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
I know this book is very popular, but it did not grab me. So slow and obtuse.... I found it a bit of a drudge. Even skipped to the end, to try to get more out of it.... got nothing. Maybe at a different time in my life I would have…
Mar 31, 2022bell5133 rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
“From each according to her ability; to each according to his needs” (117). There is a lot of attention given to the women in the story who don’t have any freedom or choice. But the men don’t have any either. Men are not allowed to…
Feb 10, 2022pacl_teens rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
"The handmaid’s tale is set in a dystopian society of a future in America where women no longer have rights. The main character, “Offred”, is a handmaid in this society where her sole purpose is to bear children and sustain the declining…
Dec 23, 2021Schlermie rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Just in time for the holidays, I chose to read Margaret Atwood’s timeless, dark vision of oppression and human rights violations, "The Handmaid’s Tale". This came as a recommendation from my wife many years ago, and I wasn’t sure if I’d…
Nov 22, 2021SAPL_Teens rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Jaw dropping. Unsettling. This novel is unsettling, quite frankly when I finished reading, I was thankful for the rights and freedom I have now. Picture this, a future where the roles of the women are reduced to those assigned to them in…
Nov 18, 2021kathylock rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Good and not so good. The plot and story telling is very good. I bit long worded sometimes. What was not good was the choppiness of the story and the ending could have been a bit cleaned up with loose ends. These weak areas caused…
Aug 25, 2021taedwardcc rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
The Handmaid’s Tale is a powerful interpretation of life under totalitarian and oppressive rule, and particularly emphasizes sexism and forced female subservience as recurring tropes throughout the storyline. Focusing on a character known…