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The Handmaid's Tale: The Graphic Novel by Margaret Atwood

4 reviews

coopclown's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and War

Moderate: Body shaming, Genocide, Gun violence, Mental illness, Torture, and Classism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Fatphobia, and Blood

nad_books623's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

I loved the added detail of red during certain scenes. As well as the strong contrast of the blue room and Offred's red dress. Towards the end of the book I felt like I missed a page or that there was a weird time jump. I also wish some things were more clear, but maybe that's explained in the novel and the show. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Infertility, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Blood, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence and Violence

Minor: Fatphobia, Alcohol, and War

gabrielleclarke05's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

Ouch. The illustrations were great and the story was sad 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Acephobia/Arophobia, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Dysphoria, War, and Classism

Moderate: Torture and Religious bigotry

saltylane's review

challenging dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

While I do prefer the depictions of characters in the Hulu series of “A Handmaid’s Tale”, I still enjoyed reading this adaptation! The art style was interesting and rather lovely, albeit dark (suitable for the themes). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Homophobia, and Violence

Moderate: Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence