A review by desdemonarose
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I listened to the audiobook for this and I LOVED it.  The cast of narrators was fantastic, not to mention Ann Dowd as Aunt Lydia.  Aunt Lydia is a character that I basically love to hate, and I really liked getting more of her story.  Of course, Nicole and Hannah/Agnes were fantastic characters as well.  It was interesting to see the other side of Gilead, as horrible as the society is.  I also love that she kept the Society of Gilead Studies (or whatever their name is, I'm horribly sleep deprived right now) at the end of the book.  I enjoy reading how she suspects the future would look back on Gilead.  I think she's is really spot on with that.  I can't say that I expect a literal Gilead to happen, but the future world definitely reflects today's world and how we view and react to societies that don't give a sh*t about human rights.  I very much enjoyed this and I am glad that Margret Atwood took the time to answer the question of her Handmaid's Tale fans (which she mentions at the end of the book, so I'll leave it up to you to go and find out what it was).