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3.34 AVERAGE
3.34 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
funny
medium-paced
Loveable characters:
Complicated
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
4.5 stars. Been a while since l've read a book in a day but between the snow day and Margaret Atwood's amazing ability to write about awful future dystopias l couldn't put it down.
dark
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Atwood is hit or miss for me. I liked Alias Grace. I hated Handmaid's Tale (I know, boo, hiss, you have no taste, yadda yadda).
This book is as middle ground as they come, I think. I didn't like it. I didn't hate it. It just was.
It's got every offensive thing you can dare to think of, including bestiality. (It's Atwood, please, did you expect anything else?) It's full of cliche tropes, from Blond Bimbo to Sex Starved Man. It's got sex robots and evil corporations. It's got a generic dystopia economic crash and all the events that go with it, including probably bio diesel biker gangs.
It could have been so much shorter, so much tighter. Maybe even novella length, if we wanted to be real precise. So much of the book seems to be wandering, repetitive inner monologues from the protags. Even a little less of that would have made it stronger in my eyes.
But, "darn it all to heck," it's /fun/.
I almost want to shelve it as a comedy, that's how over the top it gets.
It's Margaret Atwood writes Stepford Wives. The characters are all complete tropes, but that's entertaining in its own way. Especially in the audiobook, which is read to PERFECTION. The two actors are so into the roles, especially Charmaine who is just hilarious to listen to while she plays up the Bimbo Blond to astonishingly glorious levels.
4 stars for the audiobook work. 2 stars for the rambling story. A solid 3, and I am content.
This book is as middle ground as they come, I think. I didn't like it. I didn't hate it. It just was.
It's got every offensive thing you can dare to think of, including bestiality. (It's Atwood, please, did you expect anything else?) It's full of cliche tropes, from Blond Bimbo to Sex Starved Man. It's got sex robots and evil corporations. It's got a generic dystopia economic crash and all the events that go with it, including probably bio diesel biker gangs.
It could have been so much shorter, so much tighter. Maybe even novella length, if we wanted to be real precise. So much of the book seems to be wandering, repetitive inner monologues from the protags. Even a little less of that would have made it stronger in my eyes.
But, "darn it all to heck," it's /fun/.
I almost want to shelve it as a comedy, that's how over the top it gets.
It's Margaret Atwood writes Stepford Wives. The characters are all complete tropes, but that's entertaining in its own way. Especially in the audiobook, which is read to PERFECTION. The two actors are so into the roles, especially Charmaine who is just hilarious to listen to while she plays up the Bimbo Blond to astonishingly glorious levels.
4 stars for the audiobook work. 2 stars for the rambling story. A solid 3, and I am content.
Not a fan, not even remotely. It was one of those books that I felt I had to finish but I’m not sure I’d reach for an Atwood book ever again. It was deranged, kinky, and boring all at the same time.
dark
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Creative plot, but a bit too intricate and convoluted. I didn't like the main characters at all, and the ending was very strange.
Not one of her better ones. While I did typically enjoy reading it, the book was a little slow to start and never drew me in enough to want to pick it up once I put it down. About 100 pages in, I was wondering exactly where it was all going and if we'd ever get there.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes