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4.13 AVERAGE
4.13 AVERAGE
This book is everything I hoped it would be - it follows the lives of 3 women (Aunt Lydia, Agnes - a woman who grew up in Gilead, and Daisy - a woman who was smuggled out of Gilead as a child). Because the original Handmaid's Tale is told from the point of view of Offred (a handmaid...obviously), and she's just thrown into this crazy situation out of nowhere, we don't really get a good picture of how or why Gilead came to be, and how it's really functioning. This totally makes sense, because how would Offred know these things? The Testaments makes up for all that lack of detail, by giving us all of Aunt Lydia's knowledge, who we know is a Aunt involved in many of the inner workings of Gilead. One of my favorite things about this book is that it allows the reader to get more involved with Mayday (an underground rebel group that we learn about in the first book - and see a lot in the Hulu show - but don't know all that much about). For those of you wondering, this book does not interfere with the show, as it's set about 10 years after the first Handmaid's Tale book - but I would recommend either reading the first book or watching at least the first 2 seasons of the show before reading this one, to alleviate any confusion with terminology, locations, etc.
dark
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
medium-paced
I liked this more than Handmaid’s Tale.
Brilliant. I fall more deeply in love with this author in every book.
dark
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
dark
emotional
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
fast-paced
Incredible and powerful follow up to Handmaids Tale that left me very satisfied and ready to trample the patriarchy! (Come at me, bro!) Last 100 pages were so intense I could barely breathe. Once again, thank you Atwood for creating something so meaningful.