Sunday, April 9, 2023

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood


I had to sit on this for a day before rating it. Because I hated it. Yet ... it kept me awake at night, I thought about it almost non-stop when I wasn't reading it, I was wholly invested in the main character, I felt things like anger and rage unlike most books make me feel. I was fascinated by Margaret Atwood's ability to write such a story in such a way as to match what I understand of human psychology, group think, needs to survive, and what exactly makes us act outside our value system. The "set up" was well done. Disturbing and important.

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