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A review by abbie_
Good Bones by Margaret Atwood
dark
funny
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
If you haven't read any Atwood yet and your attention span still isn't too great, I can definitely recommend Good Bones as an excellent way of getting a feel for Atwood's style and savage wit! This is a collection of flash fiction, short stories and prose poems, not something I'd usually reach for but, of course, Maggie always delivers.
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I loved how, in every story, she flipped something on its head - some gender norm or fictional trope. She has such a knack for showing us things we take for granted, or accept as the norm, from a different perspective and opening our eyes to how reductive or damaging something is. Even if you're already aware of how destructive gender roles can be, this collection will still surprise you!
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Some of my favourites were Epaulettes, where world leaders are chosen in a beauty pageant-esque competition, Alien Territory, which explores the politics of having a body, particularly a male one, and Cold-Blooded, where some insectile alien muses gently on when they will once again rule the earth after humans have destroyed it...
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A couple didn't leave much of an impression, and Poppies: Three Variations was clever but didn't really fit in with the other stories, which were all gender-based or sci-fi/dystopian-esque (which made me really want to reread Oryx & Crake). But overall, a deft, funny, subversive collection that I recommend!
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I loved how, in every story, she flipped something on its head - some gender norm or fictional trope. She has such a knack for showing us things we take for granted, or accept as the norm, from a different perspective and opening our eyes to how reductive or damaging something is. Even if you're already aware of how destructive gender roles can be, this collection will still surprise you!
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Some of my favourites were Epaulettes, where world leaders are chosen in a beauty pageant-esque competition, Alien Territory, which explores the politics of having a body, particularly a male one, and Cold-Blooded, where some insectile alien muses gently on when they will once again rule the earth after humans have destroyed it...
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A couple didn't leave much of an impression, and Poppies: Three Variations was clever but didn't really fit in with the other stories, which were all gender-based or sci-fi/dystopian-esque (which made me really want to reread Oryx & Crake). But overall, a deft, funny, subversive collection that I recommend!