margardenlady 's review for:

The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood

4.0

dark emotional slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Not what I expected, but Atwood can certainly tell a story.  This one was like peeling an onion, lots of layers.  There was a story within a story, and then multiple perspectives as well. Primarily focused on two sisters' lives through the depression and WWII in a small town in Canada. Also a riches to rags story.