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A review by mollyhee
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
2.0
This is the sequel that we never needed. After finishing the book, I have to agree with many Goodread reviewers, as much as I did not want to when I started this book.
Maybe if I had not had The Handmaid's Tale to compare to, this book would not have been the disappointment it is. If The Handmaid's Tale is a literary masterpiece, this book feels like the beach read you might grab at the airport Hudson News. The Handmaid's Tale was my introduction to Atwood and was my motivation to read more of her work, and this book kills that motivation completely.
Oh the overuage of the F word. I will venture a guess that Atwood herself is not a fellow F word user. The fact the F word is used so much for one of the characters to show the "edginess" is cringe and diminishing.
All in all, if this book has to be published, it should be 200 pages shorter with one narrator at most (and if you've read this book you know which one would be considered remotely worth keeping).
Maybe if I had not had The Handmaid's Tale to compare to, this book would not have been the disappointment it is. If The Handmaid's Tale is a literary masterpiece, this book feels like the beach read you might grab at the airport Hudson News. The Handmaid's Tale was my introduction to Atwood and was my motivation to read more of her work, and this book kills that motivation completely.
Oh the overuage of the F word. I will venture a guess that Atwood herself is not a fellow F word user. The fact the F word is used so much for one of the characters to show the "edginess" is cringe and diminishing.
All in all, if this book has to be published, it should be 200 pages shorter with one narrator at most (and if you've read this book you know which one would be considered remotely worth keeping).