13.2k reviews for:

Els testaments

Margaret Atwood

4.13 AVERAGE

rasha_mostafa_168's review against another edition

5.0

medium-paced

jnmph76's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

emjames's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark hopeful reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

evvii's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

kathrynp_mybooks's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark hopeful tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Read The Handmaids Tale first 

jesster888's review against another edition

5.0

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Loveable characters: Yes

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What a great ending to this story. I loved it!

mvennen's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional reflective tense

karenrj's review against another edition

5.0

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I can't say that this one is as good as The Handmaid's Tale, but I felt very satisfied to have resolutions to many of the questions left in the earlier book. Read it again first is my advice.

itsonlyaimee's review against another edition

4.0

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I was sceptical about this before reading it, worried that it was just being written as the TV show was doing so well. I actually loved it and would have given it five stars however as I found with the first one, it ends too quickly in the space of a chapter.

jess_xoxo's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional informative inspiring sad medium-paced

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Some of us take women's rights for granted. I know I once did because I NEVER imagined we could regress so drastically and go back in time!!! but unfortunately, as Margaret portrays in her novels, it IS possible.

As a Canadian women reading the news about what's happening to our neighbours, I had to read The Handmaid’s Tale (which is by the way BANNED in 32 states in the US) and The Testaments to understand how authoritarianism takes place. These books are ESSENTIAL. 

History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes.