Reviews tagging 'War'

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

138 reviews

bertieboop's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Sexual harassment, and War

alexander1776's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Just sensational.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, and Classism

Moderate: Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Antisemitism, and Abortion

Minor: War

bookish_bry's review against another edition

dark slow-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? Yes

3.75

This is a difficult book to rate. I liked it well enough, though it was a bit slow. The narrator had a pretty good voice and I didn't find her annoying even if I disagreed with her a lot. Honestly, it was good that she wasn't a perfect person. At the same time I struggled to really get into the book and plot. I would have liked to have seen a little more about our narrator from before as we only got brief flashes. I feel like that would have cemented her personality and its changes in my mind a little better.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Animal death, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Suicide, Police brutality, Pregnancy, and War

pixelited's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Murder, and War

eve_kadou's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad 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? N/A

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Death, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and War

Minor: Homophobia

rholmes16's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Death and Suicide

Minor: War

heavens_night's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

1.25

Painfully dull observational style. Only concerned with the oppression of white women, yet somehow still seems to undercut it's 'feminist' message 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Homophobia, Violence, and War

Minor: Suicide

jayasilog's review against another edition

medium-paced

4.0

i read this after reading 1984 and parable of the sower— chefs kiss.

i decided to read bc i was like why is this famous and banned, and i did not regret, p cool tbh

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Drug use, Homophobia, and Sexism

Minor: Infertility, Miscarriage, Rape, Torture, Religious bigotry, Abortion, and War

homebodywitch's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Pregnancy, War, and Classism

annoyingtwig's review against another edition

dark reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Gore, Suicide, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and War