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

9 reviews

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

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

jainabee's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

This graphic adaptation is visually beautiful and conveys the dystopian tone and social complexities of the story in a way that enhanced my appreciation for Atwood's novel. (I haven't seen the TV series) There is enough discretion in the visual details that much is left to the reader's imagination, yet the horror of the story's reality is not diminished. This is dark, depressing stuff, especially since the fiction is not far enough away from the facts.

There's no happy ending

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, War, and Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Child death, Deadnaming, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Racism, Abortion, and Death of parent

This is a dystopian classic; enter at own risk.

lectricefeministe's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexism, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, and Colonisation

ollie_again's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

4.5

Great adaptation of the novel. Even though the art style wouldn't be my first choice otherwise, it really fits the story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Homophobia, Rape, Medical content, and Abortion

Minor: Miscarriage

rubydagger's review

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Medical content and Kidnapping

Minor: Homophobia, Infertility, Miscarriage, Islamophobia, Abortion, and Gaslighting

berodatheelf's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Medical trauma