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The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

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lampbearerk's review against another edition

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

3.5


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veposve's review against another edition

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

4.0


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justcallmeemily's review against another edition

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dark emotional tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • 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

3.0


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chloe_bocci_07's review against another edition

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

5.0


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stupid4eva's review against another edition

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dark sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

AMAZING HONESTLY 
I WISH I COULD GIVE 5 STARS
But the writing with dialog at times was a bit confusing. I get what the author was going for, past interactions and memories didn’t use quotations. Maybe to make it feel more dream like or less structured since it is a memory. But this being used for past memories was not constant, sometimes it was used for current conversations, and sometimes references to past conversations had quotation marks. So it sadly became a bit confusing. But otherwise it really was so amazing. It made to many relevant comments to women’s struggles today and from years past. It does such a good show of hypocrisy, specially with it being a woman’s fault that she gets raped, but doesn’t question that in this perfect society where women aren’t able to tempt men they can still get raped. Same with men being described as sex crazed beats who used to ruin women’s lives in the ”times before”, but now men aren’t the only ones who can rule? It’s just so good but so subtle in a way.
I also loved the final scene with the historical notes. People look at a society like this and think it is so extreme ”that would never happen” ”we are not that heartless” ”that is TO inhumane” but looking at historical events from years before people tend to not realize that those societies where built by humans. Seeing all that suffering and struggle and deep personal connection to the main character, and then seeing it all be culminated in to the type of historical text one would find in class, really helped show the severity of the issue. When we read about women being subservient to men and having no personal agency, we tend not to grasp that they had stories to tell. Fictional or not this was someone finally able to say a story. 
Just an amazing book honestly I would recommend it to anyone speciellt considering what is going on now in places like USA or Afghanistan

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cpardub's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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? No

5.0

Wow wow wow so good. I flew through this. The dystopia Atwood describes is visceral. I loved the narrator’s tone and flaws. 

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kaibeast5544's review against another edition

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Did not enjoy 

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nova123's review against another edition

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  • 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? No

5.0

"Better never means better for everyone. It always means worse, for some." ... not a huge dystopia fan but I think everyone should read this 🫡 brilliant writing

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misszoehatter's review against another edition

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challenging dark reflective tense 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

3.5


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batcavebooks's review against another edition

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dark emotional tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75


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