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

19 reviews

swimmer35112's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Moderate: Abortion

oelhoward's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

nagoatsis's review against another edition

dark emotional tense 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, and War

Moderate: Mental illness and Abortion

rhiannon814r's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Infertility, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Misogyny, Suicide, Trafficking, and Colonisation

Minor: Body shaming, Miscarriage, and Abortion

karydiazc's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

Me regalaron este libro y debo decir que fue un muy bien regalo. Es di ícil y desgarrador es pensar lo fácil que algo así podría suceder en nuestra sociedad con el movimiento de algunas personas en el poder. 

Este es un libro que toca temas fuertes que tal vez a simple vista no lo pareciera, pero te deja pensando. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual violence, and Abortion

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Slavery, Suicide, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

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

good_names_dont_exist's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry and Abortion

Moderate: Bullying, Infertility, and Sexual assault

It’s the handmaids tale, so know what you’re getting into

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

kjurewicz's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

Read. It. Now. This book literally changed my life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Infertility, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, and Abortion

Minor: War

contemporarymeepsie's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful mysterious tense 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

4.0

This was an interesting retelling of the original story by Margaret Atwood. Obviously everything is condensed but we get all the main plot points with lots of the emotion and fear seen via the imagery. The artwork is very beautiful and I enjoyed the watercolour aspect to some of the illustrations. The use of various colour palettes and background colours to denote time periods was very clever too. Overall I enjoyed this book, having the context of having read the original meant I flew through the story and found it very easy to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Abortion