A review by amerynth
The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood

2.0

Margaret Atwood is one of those writers that really knows how to cut to the core of human nature and display its weaknesses and strengths in powerful characters. That said, I found "The Robber Bride," which tells the story of three women who are manipulated by Xenia, a beautiful pathological liar, to be one of her weaker novels. The characters, while well-drawn and filled with backstory but are also patently unlikeable and annoying. It made it hard for me to be particularly enthusiastic about picking up the book to read on. I also found the ending to be sort of abrupt and tacked on as well. I've loved her other novels (Cat's Eye and of course The Handmaid's Tale in particular) but this one just fell sort of flat for me.