Reviews tagging 'War'

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

218 reviews

_pauline's review against another edition

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dark medium-paced

4.0

Ignoring isn't the same as ignorance, you have to work at it. Nothing changes instantaneously: in a gradually heating bathtub you'd be boiled to death before you knew it.

you know a book is worth reading when conservatives in the US try to ban it from schools & public libraries

undoubtedly an uncomfortable read but at the same time surprisingly easy to read considering it’s a classic, & unfortunately still relevant

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dreamwifu's review against another edition

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challenging informative sad tense 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? No

5.0

i need to read the next book. immeadiately. so good. 

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rhikat's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Loveable characters? Yes

5.0


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henyouise's review against another edition

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dark reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

I could not put this down. It reads exactly like an audio transcript which adds so much layering to the story. It's a deeply upsetting book and one everyone should read.

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caroline_renee's review against another edition

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

4.5


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bastibooks's review against another edition

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

5.0


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somatognosie's review against another edition

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challenging emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0


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dani794's review against another edition

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4.0

“Ignoring isn’t the same as ignorance, you have to work at it”

“She doesn’t make speeches any more. She has become speechless. She stays in her home, but it doesn’t seem to agree with her. How furious she must be, now that she’s been taken at her word.”

“I want Luke here so badly. I want to be held and told my name. I want to be valued, in ways that I am not; I want to be more than valuable. I repeat my former name, remind myself of what I once could do, how others saw me.”

“I would like to be without shame. I would like to be shameless. I would like to be ignorant. Then I would not know how ignorant I was.”

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islandbird13's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

One of the most disturbing books I've ever read...because it mirrors so well our current reality in North America. This also makes it one of the best books and an essential one to read.

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pagesihavenotyetread's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional 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? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75


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