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The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

123 reviews

frozenheartv's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

5 stars
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🧠 My thoughts
This is so far one of the best dystopian novel I've ever read. It's disturbing, horrific, cruel, slap as many terrifying adjectives as you want here. It just scared the hell out of me. The book was not too descriptive but had enough details to build up the whole disturbing Gilead world. I've watched the series before reading it (I'm quite surprised that the first part of the series is a very close adaptation to the book though). Although I've known most of the details, it's still intriguing to read this book. The historical notes chapter at the end of the book was outstanding. If our world ever becomes Gilead, that for me is nothing different than the end of the world.

👍 What I like
- Very realistic dystopian world
- The world-building is superb
- Intriguing story
- The historical notes chapter at the end of the book is very creative and nice to read

👎 What I don't like
- If you listen to the audiobook instead of reading, the author's language could be confusing sometimes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Rape

riverofhorton's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I went into this book having watched the series, as each season was released, so the first was largely forgotten, although I did remember the vague plot. I personally would say the series is better than the book. For a start, the writing style took a bit of getting used to, especially with the way flashbacks are presented, but once I got used to it I did find it to enjoyable and thought provoking, but the series was more enjoyable and had the same thought provoking bits. I think that had I read the book first, I wouldn't have been interested enough to then watch the series, and may have DNFed the book before getting used to the writing style.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Slavery, Body shaming, Gore, Suicide attempt, Torture, Trafficking, Acephobia/Arophobia, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Biphobia, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Hate crime, Homophobia, Violence, War, Classism, Confinement, Death, Dysphoria, Suicidal thoughts, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, Sexism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mass/school shootings, Sexual violence, Suicide, Infertility, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Alcoholism, Xenophobia, Deportation, Injury/Injury detail, Islamophobia, Murder, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Outing, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Self harm

eldritch_ace's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Sexism, Infertility, Misogyny, Rape, Death, Emotional abuse, and Suicide

Moderate: Police brutality, Pregnancy, Racism, Self harm, Antisemitism, and Confinement

Minor: Classism, Death, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Suicide attempt, Grief, Deportation, Domestic abuse, Slavery, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Abortion, Miscarriage, War, Alcohol, Violence, and Medical content

lhorner06's review against another edition

dark inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced

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

4.75

I didn't much like the ending seemed a little rushed and not quite to quality of the rest of the book, though I'm hoping that The Testaments will clear that up. Easy to read and very enjoyable.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infertility, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Murder, Police brutality, Sexism, Misogyny, Genocide, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, and Trafficking

capybara5's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Infertility, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Rape, Suicide, Torture, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, and Self harm

deblambert's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

A cautious speculative tale of an alarming future that is possible.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Kidnapping, Death, Sexual violence, Slavery, Sexism, Rape, Trafficking, Torture, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: War and Homophobia

puseyhawk's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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? No

5.0

OMGOODNESS!!! This was STUNNING! The writing… delectable. The story…  challenging. The world building… encapsulating. The questions raised… confronting. The future portrayed… terrifying. 

This was such a dark, difficult, disturbing, yet gripping read. I was so taken aback by the writing style, the voice, the main character, the themes, the world building, the complex issues and ideas being addressed, the narrative structure, and even the narrative framing device used at the end. This is a complex and layered yet very primal emotional read. Just a harrowing tale to read. Honestly… I just loved it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual content, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, Miscarriage, Murder, Slavery, Racism, Suicide, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Infertility, Classism, Islamophobia, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, War, Lesbophobia, Police brutality, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Alcohol, Antisemitism, and Abortion

samshort's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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? Yes

5.0

Great book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Child death, Murder, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Abortion, Infertility, Medical trauma, Body horror, Animal death, Grief, Misogyny, Animal cruelty, Infidelity, Confinement, Kidnapping, Antisemitism, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Violence, Slavery, Rape, Alcohol, Sexism, Sexual violence, Blood, Death, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, War, and Trafficking

apatheticastronaut13'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? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, Miscarriage, Racism, Sexual assault, Religious bigotry, Gun violence, Abortion, Colonisation, Homophobia, Suicide, War, Rape, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Self harm, Misogyny, and Pandemic/Epidemic

violet_viper's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

A short book but not a single word wasted. I would recommend this to anyone. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Miscarriage, and Misogyny

Moderate: Torture, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, and Violence

Minor: Antisemitism and Homophobia