Content Warnings
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Rape, Misogyny, SexismModerate
Death, Infertility, SuicideCommunity Reviews
Summary of 89285 reviews
Moods
tense 60%
reflective 53%
challenging 41%
emotional 41%
sad 39%
mysterious 23%
adventurous 6%
informative 5%
inspiring 4%
hopeful 3%
funny 1%
Pace
slow 35%
fast 9%
Plot- or character-driven?
A mix: 43% | Character: 40% | Plot: 14% | N/A: 1%Strong character development?
Yes: 40% | It's complicated: 35% | No: 22% | N/A: 1%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 49% | No: 28% | Yes: 19% | N/A: 1%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 60% | It's complicated: 16% | Yes: 16% | N/A: 5%Flaws of characters a main focus?
No: 35% | Yes: 33% | It's complicated: 28% | N/A: 2%Average rating
320 pages | first published 1985
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ISBN/UID: 9781328879943
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Mariner Books
Publication date: 25 April 2017
Description
Before The Testaments, there was The Handmaid's Tale: an instant classic and eerily prescient cultural phenomenon, from "the patron saint of feminist dystopian fiction" (New York Times). The Handmaid's Tale is a novel of such power that the reade...
320 pages | first published 1985
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ISBN/UID: 9781328879943
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Mariner Books
Publication date: 25 April 2017
Description
Before The Testaments, there was The Handmaid's Tale: an instant classic and eerily prescient cultural phenomenon, from "the patron saint of feminist dystopian fiction" (New York Times). The Handmaid's Tale is a novel of such power that the reade...Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Rape, Misogyny, SexismModerate
Death, Infertility, SuicideCommunity Reviews
Summary of 89285 reviews
Moods
tense 60%
reflective 53%
challenging 41%
emotional 41%
sad 39%
mysterious 23%
adventurous 6%
informative 5%
inspiring 4%
hopeful 3%
funny 1%
Pace
slow 35%
fast 9%
Plot- or character-driven?
A mix: 43% | Character: 40% | Plot: 14% | N/A: 1%Strong character development?
Yes: 40% | It's complicated: 35% | No: 22% | N/A: 1%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 49% | No: 28% | Yes: 19% | N/A: 1%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 60% | It's complicated: 16% | Yes: 16% | N/A: 5%Flaws of characters a main focus?
No: 35% | Yes: 33% | It's complicated: 28% | N/A: 2%Average rating