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A review by jenhurst
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
2.0
Margaret Atwood’s writing was as strong as always, but the book just wasn’t necessary.
I was leery going into it because unplanned sequels, prequels, extended duologies to trilogies doesn’t work majority of the time. The only time it can work is if the world is extremely expansive. This was not the case with this one and it weakened the first book a lot. It didn’t bring anything new to the table, ruined what was good about the handmaid’s tale and did what many other dystopians have already done.
The ending was also really not good.
Read the handmaid’s tale and skip this one. Writers should stop being forced to publish additional books
I was leery going into it because unplanned sequels, prequels, extended duologies to trilogies doesn’t work majority of the time. The only time it can work is if the world is extremely expansive. This was not the case with this one and it weakened the first book a lot. It didn’t bring anything new to the table, ruined what was good about the handmaid’s tale and did what many other dystopians have already done.
The ending was also really not good.
Read the handmaid’s tale and skip this one. Writers should stop being forced to publish additional books