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The Testaments

Margaret Atwood

4.13 AVERAGE

lmbahr01's review against another edition

5.0

dark hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

wifi_bifi's review against another edition

4.5

dark tense medium-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

Content Warnings

nautically's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

the_gratitude_gal's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I absolutely adored this second book in the life of Aunts, Handmaid's, Commanders - all things Giliad. It was hard to put down, and I flew through it in a week. It's well written, gripping, and adds so much depth to the previous book. What's helped is the visualization from the show - you have come to know it's characters not simply via the first book, but via the show, so are truly invested in their experiences and hopes. Truly incredible, could not recommend more.

maisielunnreads's review against another edition

4.5

This book made me feel hopeful, and I love Margaret Atwood’s style of writing.

fedak's review against another edition

3.0

Fan service novel after people pestered Atwood for 30 years about what happened after the Handmaid's Tale. Quite good for about the first 3/4 with a couple big reveals (one of which I saw coming a mile away, one I didn't)

In the last part, Atwood clearly wanted to bring two of the protagonists together and clearly couldn't think of a way to do it. So we ended up with a nonsensical plot sequence for the latter third.

It was also disappointing that Atwood basically added nothing to Gilead that wasn't in the first novel- and I was hoping to see more about how the US devolved to the point where the Gilead revolution was possible.