A review by tillydaisym
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

5.0

Rereading this novel all these years later was surreal, haunting. When I originally pored over its pages at university it left me awed, outraged, hopeful. It gave women a voice, denounced patriarchy, warned of a future that seemed implausible. Now, in the era of ‘me too’, the era of the gender paygap spotlight, the era where women refuse to be voiceless, this novel only holds even more power. It’s as important today as it was ahead of its time upon first publication in 1985. A truly critical feminist essay.