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A review by squaresunflowers
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
4.5
A few decades overdue, The Testaments feels like a migraine personified. And a throbbing one at that.
Heavily referencing/incorporating biblical elements similar to its predecessor, Atwood dives into the minds of 3 different characters of starkly different social statuses: bringing to life the Gileadean world from within and without.
Through the recounts of the 3 characters, the reader is sequentially pulled down into the inner workings of Gilead like quicksand - as much the reader resents the horrors of Gilead, they're unable to stop themselves from wading on (thus the migraine reference).
Considering the timing the book was birthed at, it's heart-wrenchingly prophetic. Just look at Afghanistan.
One could only hope that they never had to endure what the Gileadens lived through.
Heavily referencing/incorporating biblical elements similar to its predecessor, Atwood dives into the minds of 3 different characters of starkly different social statuses: bringing to life the Gileadean world from within and without.
Through the recounts of the 3 characters, the reader is sequentially pulled down into the inner workings of Gilead like quicksand - as much the reader resents the horrors of Gilead, they're unable to stop themselves from wading on (thus the migraine reference).
Considering the timing the book was birthed at, it's heart-wrenchingly prophetic. Just look at Afghanistan.
One could only hope that they never had to endure what the Gileadens lived through.