41.7k reviews for:

The Handmaid's Tale

Margaret Atwood

4.18 AVERAGE

aelys_althea's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

anne_frdh's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional sad 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

vanillabanana's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

sampauly28's review against another edition

4.25

mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

ab1hak_'s review against another edition

3.5

inspiring tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

tortor88's review against another edition

5.0

tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

akshithamudupu's review against another edition

3.0

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

beebowbabe's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional 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

blumday's review against another edition

4.0

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Potente distopía que merece estar en el pedestal al lado de los clásicos grandes como 1984, Farenheit 451 o Un Mundo Feliz.
Bebe de la realidad (del mismo modo que aquellas distopías) y se nutre del miedo al totalitarismo que siempre está latente en cualquier gobierno.
Me encanta el uso del imaginario religioso como símbolo de represión a las mujeres y cómo, al mismo tiempo, habla de una sororidad inherente en ellas.
Si bien no me parecía que la novela se sintiera muy enclaustrada en su personaje y en su limitada visión de ese mundo, funciona como una forma de ponernos en los zapatos de la protagonista. También le eché en falta más explicación a las cosas pues la información llega a cuenta gotas al lector pero, supongo, es porque las distopías actuales como Hunger Games me malacostumbraron a describirnos cómo se hacen las cosas en sus mundillos desde el principio... El Cuento de la Criada posee una sutileza y habilidad para hacer pensar a través de la omisión de la información.

kaylareadsthings's review against another edition

4.5

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: No