Reviews tagging 'Excrement'

The Testaments by Margaret Atwood

5 reviews

tigerkind's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Classism, Child abuse, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Sexism, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Child death, Gore, Infidelity, Cancer, Incest, Murder, Abandonment, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Slavery, Torture, Grief, Infertility, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Cursing, and Excrement

Minor: Xenophobia, Fatphobia, Vomit, War, Trafficking, Alcohol, and Mass/school shootings

dev921's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, War, Child death, Cursing, Incest, Child abuse, Death, Infidelity, Infertility, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Trafficking, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Grief, Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Medical content, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Cancer, and Injury/Injury detail

sappylilhexnut's review

She wrote radiation and biowarfare wrong. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Incest, Mass/school shootings, Misogyny, Death, Infertility, Pedophilia, Murder, Excrement, and Hate crime

ameliaflint's review

adventurous inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

A little bit disappointing. Not bad. I did enjoy it and I was glad to hear more about Gilead, but I would expect way more from Atwood. This felt almost like a sell-out. I get it, money grabs are sometimes necessary, but they don’t always make for great literature.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Mental illness, Cursing, Violence, Pregnancy, Vomit, War, Pedophilia, and Excrement

walskishere's review

adventurous dark hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

I think the actual plot was pretty good, solid. How the book was written, though, the writing style, did not seem like a sequel to The Handmaid's Tale. It didn't have the same stiff writing. I'm unsure if that's [stiff] how Atwood writes, or if that was to help set the scene for The Handmaid's Tale. The tone was different, but that may have been intentional, as Agnes grew up in Gilead + June/Offred did not.

I guessed pretty much all of the plot/plot "twists". This made it a little annoying to get thru, because I already pretty much knew what was going to happen. I have a theory that it was written so obviously, because it was so obvious that Trump was going to fuck shit up. This was reinforced by allusions to the small and subtle, but horrible changes leading up to Gilead taking over the USA.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Excrement, Genocide, and Torture

Moderate: Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Homophobia