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madelinequinnee 's review for:
The Handmaid's Tale
by Margaret Atwood
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I’m so glad I finally got round to reading this book, because it’s definitely become one of my new favourites!
This is an absolute masterpiece, filled with so much horror and reflection on society and the ways politics can be abused and used to create an unjust world. This is such an important book that everyone should read, and I find it so terrifying that it’s been placed on so many banned books lists because it really shows just how corrupt current governments are. I urge anyone to read all they can, because knowledge is so powerful and we deserve to open our minds to multitudes of experiences and views without control from higher ups.
I will now be watching the television adaptation of this to compare!
This is an absolute masterpiece, filled with so much horror and reflection on society and the ways politics can be abused and used to create an unjust world. This is such an important book that everyone should read, and I find it so terrifying that it’s been placed on so many banned books lists because it really shows just how corrupt current governments are. I urge anyone to read all they can, because knowledge is so powerful and we deserve to open our minds to multitudes of experiences and views without control from higher ups.
I will now be watching the television adaptation of this to compare!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, War, Classism, Deportation