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A review by chaoticbibliophile
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
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4.5
Although this book owes a lot to earlier dystopian/speculative fiction, and though some of the choices in it are on the more obvious "I-see-what-you-did-there" side, the story rings so true, it's so hauntingly crafted, that it deserves the place it holds as a modern classic. It needs to be read, analyzed, absorbed. It begs us to reflect upon it, and ask ourselves how it is possible that this seems just as (or even more) timely than when it was first published.
Although this book owes a lot to earlier dystopian/speculative fiction, and though some of the choices in it are on the more obvious "I-see-what-you-did-there" side, the story rings so true, it's so hauntingly crafted, that it deserves the place it holds as a modern classic. It needs to be read, analyzed, absorbed. It begs us to reflect upon it, and ask ourselves how it is possible that this seems just as (or even more) timely than when it was first published.