literaryjunk 's review for:

The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood
4.0

I was pleasantly surprised that this was a straightforwardly realist novel - I was expecting some sort of fantastical horror involving cannibalistic metaphors made real. It was very good! The writing was better and the ideas more interesting than in her much later book I read (Oryx and Crake), which was again surprising. The characters were relatably odd, and there were some amusing set pieces. I'll have to look into whether she has other books like this.