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A review by sandaru
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
I always wanted to read Atwood's books ever since I watched her writing course. Such a creative storyteller. And before reading any of her other works, I wanted to start with the infamous "The Handmaid's Tale". Did not disappoint me. If you liked 1984 by Orwell, this will be interesting as well.
The character arches and the story (how she kept it very real in terms of the ending, the slow pace the story went by) everything for us to understand this one character and what is on her head in a dystopian society where the women is considered either a baby making machine, a supportive wife, and kitchen workers and even prostitutes. It's only an exaggerated version of some real women in the world, who are already going through similar situations.
It's not a story about how the heroine breaks the wheel and stands down her foot but more like a realistic version of how things were always meant to be. For that I loved it.
The character arches and the story (how she kept it very real in terms of the ending, the slow pace the story went by) everything for us to understand this one character and what is on her head in a dystopian society where the women is considered either a baby making machine, a supportive wife, and kitchen workers and even prostitutes. It's only an exaggerated version of some real women in the world, who are already going through similar situations.
It's not a story about how the heroine breaks the wheel and stands down her foot but more like a realistic version of how things were always meant to be. For that I loved it.