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The Handmaid's Tale: The Graphic Novel by Margaret Atwood

26 reviews

cady_sass's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I am in AWE. This is gorgeous. Immaculate. Read the graphic novel, I beg you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Grief, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Bullying, Infidelity, Trafficking, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, War, Lesbophobia, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Body horror, Body shaming, Colonisation, Death, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Homophobia, Medical content, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, and Violence

cpersin's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Slavery, Sexual assault, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Rape, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Car accident, Classism, Colonisation, Confinement, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Infertility, Lesbophobia, Murder, Police brutality, and Slavery

Minor: Ableism, Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, Miscarriage, Homophobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and War

contemporarymeepsie's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This was an interesting retelling of the original story by Margaret Atwood. Obviously everything is condensed but we get all the main plot points with lots of the emotion and fear seen via the imagery. The artwork is very beautiful and I enjoyed the watercolour aspect to some of the illustrations. The use of various colour palettes and background colours to denote time periods was very clever too. Overall I enjoyed this book, having the context of having read the original meant I flew through the story and found it very easy to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Abortion

klimatyczny_bluszcz's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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? Yes

4.25

Powerful, moving, involving. It was my first meeting with Gilead, but I want to dive into the universe deeper and discover the original Atwood's books and maybe the tv series? I really liked the style of the visual interpretation and the world's creation

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Rape, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Pregnancy, Sexism, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Suicide and Miscarriage

Minor: War and Grief

jainabee's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

This graphic adaptation is visually beautiful and conveys the dystopian tone and social complexities of the story in a way that enhanced my appreciation for Atwood's novel. (I haven't seen the TV series) There is enough discretion in the visual details that much is left to the reader's imagination, yet the horror of the story's reality is not diminished. This is dark, depressing stuff, especially since the fiction is not far enough away from the facts.

There's no happy ending

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, War, Grief, Murder, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Classism, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Genocide, Infertility, Medical content, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Trafficking, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Deadnaming, Death, Death of parent, Child abuse, Child death, Mental illness, Racism, Ableism, Abortion, and Infidelity

This is a dystopian classic; enter at own risk.

gabrielleclarke05's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Ouch. The illustrations were great and the story was sad 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Sexual violence, Torture, Abortion, Body shaming, Colonisation, Cursing, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Acephobia/Arophobia, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Confinement, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, and War

Moderate: Religious bigotry and Torture

lectricefeministe's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Murder, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Trafficking, Violence, Blood, Body shaming, Colonisation, Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Infertility, Kidnapping, Medical content, Abortion, Body horror, Religious bigotry, and Sexism

valesa's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Now I get why this book had its moment of fame recently. It is very well written, with an omnipresent irony that makes the violence, the horror of the book more bearable. It is not only the horrible likeliness of the books universe to ours that makes it so understandably a success, it is also the world Atwood built: full of colours, sentiment impregnating every corner, souvenirs intertwined with the hardships of the main character’s dull and fearful present. 
This féminine dystopia is not much about the state as an authoritarian institution, but about how power can lie within the most important and vital of things: words, language and the symbols that carry it. It is not only a feminist and feminine staple (even if Atwood denies it), it is also a warning from the near future, which is what the author intended.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Miscarriage, Violence, Suicide, and Physical abuse

ollie_again's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

4.5

Great adaptation of the novel. Even though the art style wouldn't be my first choice otherwise, it really fits the story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Misogyny, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Homophobia, Medical content, Rape, and Abortion

Minor: Miscarriage

deasofie's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Homophobia