aspratamingofashrew 's review for:

The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
4.0

“How did Gilead fall? Totalitarianism may crumble from within, as they fail to keep the promises that brought them to power; or they may be attacked from without; or both. There are no sure fire-formulas, since very little in history is inevitable.”

The handmaid’s tale is lonesome isolation, and the testaments are a display of sisterhood and its evil twin, female rivalry. I really enjoyed Aunt Lydia’s perspective and the clearer picture of how things descended. I have a lot to think about and will return with more thoughts.