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A review by thedisquietedpen
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
4.0
I definitely enjoyed The Testaments. However, it isn't the masterpiece that The Handmaid's Tale is. Handmaid's is a powerful exploration of ideas, tropes, situations, and themes that play themselves out in our everyday lives. The Testaments, unfortunately, is not.
Instead, The Testaments is less focused on the How and the Why, and more focused on the Who, What, and When.
The plot itself is engaging and driven, keeping a steady rhythm as it weaves between three competing narrators. It does provide some additional insight into Atwood's Gilead, adding new perspectives besides that of the Handmaid role. But overall, it did not make me stop and think in the same way that The Handmaid's Tale did.
Instead, The Testaments is less focused on the How and the Why, and more focused on the Who, What, and When.
The plot itself is engaging and driven, keeping a steady rhythm as it weaves between three competing narrators. It does provide some additional insight into Atwood's Gilead, adding new perspectives besides that of the Handmaid role. But overall, it did not make me stop and think in the same way that The Handmaid's Tale did.