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

35 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

kasaya_mt33's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

This dystopian world that Atwood has created is chilling in its portrayal of female bodily autonomy and how it can be erased from society. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Confinement, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, and Religious bigotry

karsenryanluis's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Blood, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, and Pregnancy

kooky_kayla's review against another edition

challenging dark sad

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexism

Moderate: Miscarriage and Rape

moon___dude's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

4.0

Love the artwork, adds a lot of depth to the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual violence, Trafficking, and Religious bigotry

queerloras's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

ninahuynh's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

Another book where I tried out the graphic novel first. I have heard of the premise of the book before, so I came in with some understanding of what to expect. As I read on, I started to understand the reasoning behind the third-person rather than just for narration sake. I found the ending interesting and gave me lots of questions. So was this like a diary or "retelling" of how a woman's life could have been in this era? Using Offred like the Jane Doe to narrative?

The art is good. I like the uses of a set of color palette and using certain colors to delineate the different factions of women in that society. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child death, Confinement, Death, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Abortion

theaceofpages's review against another edition

challenging dark sad fast-paced

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

3.5

I don't know how much it is because I don't read many graphic novels,  but I feel like you might struggle to follow this if you aren't familiar with the story. I'm vaguely familiar with the plot but still felt a little lost at times. That being said, the art is absolutely beautiful and I enjoyed the different colour choices for different times and themes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Miscarriage

Minor: Abortion

howlinglibraries's review against another edition

5.0

 I've never read The Handmaid's Tale in its original format (or seen the television show), but I was generally familiar with the subject and so, when I saw that my library had a graphic novel adaptation, I thought that might be a good way of determining if I want to pick up the original novel or not.

Since this is my introduction to the story, I can't say if it's a faithful adaptation, but I can say that it was an excellent, haunting read on its own. It didn't delve into much backstory at all on how things came to be or what life is like for women outside of The Red Centre, but it touched briefly on the conditions in the Colonies and Jezebel's, and it definitely made me interested in learning more. My only complaint was that the ending felt so abrupt, but at the same time, I can see that it was done so intentionally, and it made sense. I probably won't be rushing to pick up the original book right away, but only because I know it's going to be such a difficult read emotionally.

✨ Representation: queer and BIPOC side characters 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, Suicide, Torture, Transphobia, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, and War

cady_sass's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I am in AWE. This is gorgeous. Immaculate. Read the graphic novel, I beg you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Colonisation, War, and Classism