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A review by georgiesutton
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
challenging
dark
reflective
medium-paced
3.5
I kind of expected more from The Handmaid’s Tale. I haven’t seen the TV show but I expected the book to have a bit more plot. I didn’t feel the weight of the stakes and the ending felt rushed after a quite slow and detailed start. I did like the references to the time before which I feel is often ignored.
Overall I think as a dystopia it was solid but as a story it was lacking for me.
Overall I think as a dystopia it was solid but as a story it was lacking for me.
Graphic: Infertility, Miscarriage, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, and Pregnancy