A review by zoeelizaking
The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Wowee! I'm astounded at how Atwood manages to weave together these 4 modes of storytelling with such effortless ease. This is such a rewarding book to read, and one that you won't be able to stop thinking about! From the opening lines, "Ten days after the war ended, my sister Laura drove a car off a bridge", 80-year-old Iris recounts for us the sequence of events throughout her and Laura's lives which led to this event. It's an incredible lamentation on grief, loss, love, deception and omission.  
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