41k reviews for:

The Handmaid's Tale

Margaret Atwood

4.18 AVERAGE

kingshleby's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-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: No

lmbahr01's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense 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: Complicated

circletimeallie's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional

patdrilon's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

jasminemlauzon's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional 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: No

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reread as i wanted to read the testaments but hadn’t read the handmaids tale in a really long time. i don’t quite understand the ending but i hope her life turned out okay

tex99dog's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy

maddylux26's review against another edition

4.25

dark tense medium-paced

j_esseg's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

allaboutsun2's review against another edition

4.0

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Even though it was published in 1985, I would file this one under the Terrifyingly Current Events heading.

jacob_webster's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 25%

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I should not be a quarter into a book and there still is no goddamn inciting incident. I don't care if there's a big important message. If the story isn't good, then I'm not going to like it. It's the same with Fahrenheit 451. Why are all of these classic novels being hyped up when they're so bad?