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A review by hevleary
The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood
5.0
Wow. I loved this book. A fascinating tale depicted the lives of three woman who have met and become friends as their relationships and lives have been destroyed by the mysterious and evil Zenia.
The writing throughout this book is sublime. Atwood's ability to create characters is fully explored in this novel. At first I felt the 3 main female characters (Tony, Roz and Charis) were a bit stereotyped and almost caricature's of real people. However, as the story developed and the back story of each woman was revealed I began to understand each character and the reason why Atwood has portrayed them that way. I still feel each of the characters, including Zenia, are stereotypes but I believe this is deliberate and cleverly done. I found Charis' back story the most interesting although I found her the more irritating character. I was kept in suspense almost biting my nails at times throughout the novel particularly towards the end when Zenia is confronted. I was happy with the ending, I wouldn't have wanted any other and felt it resolved the individual stories well.
Overall, nothing less than 5* would be good enough for this novel. The story was fascinating, exciting and interesting, the character development incredible and the writing beautiful.
The writing throughout this book is sublime. Atwood's ability to create characters is fully explored in this novel. At first I felt the 3 main female characters (Tony, Roz and Charis) were a bit stereotyped and almost caricature's of real people. However, as the story developed and the back story of each woman was revealed I began to understand each character and the reason why Atwood has portrayed them that way. I still feel each of the characters, including Zenia, are stereotypes but I believe this is deliberate and cleverly done. I found Charis' back story the most interesting although I found her the more irritating character. I was kept in suspense almost biting my nails at times throughout the novel particularly towards the end when Zenia is confronted. I was happy with the ending, I wouldn't have wanted any other and felt it resolved the individual stories well.
Overall, nothing less than 5* would be good enough for this novel. The story was fascinating, exciting and interesting, the character development incredible and the writing beautiful.