Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

117 reviews

morgan_07's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

4.75

A well written and intriguing novel. As someone who loves dystopian novels and learning about women's issues, this book was right up my alley - especially since Atwood has said that the events of the novel all take precedents in real world events.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Suicide, Violence, Medical content, Grief, and Pregnancy

Minor: Homophobia, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

creepypiespice's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Cursing, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexual violence, Torture, Kidnapping, Abortion, Lesbophobia, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Antisemitism, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol

predro's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

lucy12345's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, and Pregnancy

theotheleo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Genocide, Infidelity, and Blood

grace05's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Rape, Forced institutionalization, and Trafficking

Minor: Infertility, Miscarriage, and Blood

blymanor's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

Shows loss of identity, sexism and government corruption in a great way. Has almost everything 1984 has, without Orwell's implicit misogyny.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content and Religious bigotry

Minor: Infertility, Infidelity, and Pregnancy

michaelatrelby's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, and Pregnancy

alannah_m's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

This was a 5* read for me when I first read it at 16, so it's such a shame that for me this book is..not even close to my favourite Atwood! There's some great stuff here, obviously it's famous for a reason, but there is so much that I feel I WISH was included that was glossed over. Atwood's books are famous for not being diverse, but this book would have infinitely benefitted from engaging with intersections of race/class/sexuality. Really liked talking about this in class.

Pet Theory for this book: The Colonies aren't real!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, and Pregnancy

lhwilk's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, and Murder