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The Testaments by Margaret Atwood

54 reviews

lectricefeministe's review against another edition

hopeful tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, War, Hate crime, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Suicide attempt, Trafficking, Vomit, Child death, Classism, Confinement, Genocide, Infertility, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, and Violence

tangerinekorma's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Murder, Incest, Pedophilia, Suicide, and Sexual violence

ericarao's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Pedophilia, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Death, Gaslighting, Religious bigotry, Gun violence, Misogyny, and Murder

Moderate: Kidnapping, Body shaming, Pregnancy, Confinement, Bullying, Child abuse, Suicide, and Cursing

Minor: Child abuse and War

saygetaylor's review

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Rape

uhm_kai's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

Profound but horribly real. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Trafficking, Suicide attempt, Grief, Incest, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Torture, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Self harm, Rape, and Pregnancy

lily1304's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.5

This is very different from the Handmaid's Tale. One of the strengths of the Handmaid's Tale is its lack of detail - lots of aspects of Gilead are shadowy and vague, which makes it feel like a bad dream, and the fact that the narrator has no idea what's happening politically inside or outside Gilead makes her even more hopeless and powerless.

The Testaments was clearly written partly to satisfy fans' questions about Gilead, and it has a much more traditional dystopian-adventure style than the Handmaid's Tale. You can see the three womens' stories and motivations slowly weaving together to a distinct climax. It's both a strength and a weakness - it's probably more of a page-turner than the Handmaid's Tale, but it doesn't have the same power.

The Testaments introduces the Pearl Girls / "Pearls of Great Price", or Gilead missionaries to Canada and other countries. They seemed like an intentional dig at Mormons, who are known for their pairs of missionaries around the world, and who have a book of scripture called the Pearl of Great Price. I'm not a fan of many aspects of Mormon practice and culture, but it seems extreme and unnecessary to associate them with Gilead.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Trafficking, and Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Infertility, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Alcohol, Cancer, and Cursing

chacepaulson's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Murder, and Infertility

tessa_specchio's review

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

crazy story, really fun to get through and try to solve everything
only things are at some points to so hard to read because of some pretty violent situations as well as a lot of triggering content 
if the content won’t trigger you absolutely read it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, and Gore

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Suicide attempt, Self harm, and Violence

Minor: Body shaming, Car accident, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Murder, and Vomit

melissathejan's review

medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual violence, and Pedophilia

karol99's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Rape, Infertility, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Sexual assault, Trafficking, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Violence, Miscarriage, War, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Murder

Minor: Torture