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4.18 AVERAGE
4.18 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
A feminists nightmare. An intriguing premise but I understand why this is a book for A levels. The ending was vague.
As with other Atwood novels, this is very readable and I definitely stayed up later than I should have because I wanted to know what was coming next.
It was sad, disturbing, troubling and compelling. I was invested in the lives of all of the characters and I liked the way Atwood was able to describe the events leading up to this new world, without taking the reader out of the atmosphere she’d created.
Although an easy-read, it is of course, a novel with many difficult themes - it’s about religion and religious persecution, the right-wing, slavery, sexism and misogyny, and more. But the reason it succeeds so well as a novel, is that it’s about one woman in particular (Offred) and you really care about her, and about how these themes impact her life.
I think that this is a book that could definitely be re-read many times and that you’d get more out of it each time.
It was sad, disturbing, troubling and compelling. I was invested in the lives of all of the characters and I liked the way Atwood was able to describe the events leading up to this new world, without taking the reader out of the atmosphere she’d created.
Although an easy-read, it is of course, a novel with many difficult themes - it’s about religion and religious persecution, the right-wing, slavery, sexism and misogyny, and more. But the reason it succeeds so well as a novel, is that it’s about one woman in particular (Offred) and you really care about her, and about how these themes impact her life.
I think that this is a book that could definitely be re-read many times and that you’d get more out of it each time.
adventurous
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
sad
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:
Yes
third time reading it and I never get enough of it.
dark
mysterious
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:
Yes
Me hubiera gustado más si no hubiera visto antes la serie (en este caso la 1ª temporada, porque es básicamente lo que abarca aunque en la serie añadan bastantes cosas más), pero está bastante bien. Todo está basado en cosas que realmente han ido ocurriendo durante el transcurso de la historia así que te da que pensar.
Le doy 4/5 estrellas porque no me ha gustado una parte del final, me esperaba que lo cerrara de otro modo. Tendré que leer el segundo, a ver qué tal.
Le doy 4/5 estrellas porque no me ha gustado una parte del final, me esperaba que lo cerrara de otro modo. Tendré que leer el segundo, a ver qué tal.
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The I'm-won't-tell-you-what-happened-but-I-will-give-subtle-references-every-now-and-then-to-make-you-curious-because-that's-a-great-way-to-build-tension style of writing annoyed me from the beginning and so did the main character. The government take-over would have needed more explanation to seem probable; the history notes fell short. I think I would like other novels on how quickly society can change and oppression and dictatorship can arise but this simply didn't work for me.
challenging
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
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No un manual de instrucciones.
No un manual de instrucciones.