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Jun 11, 2012
Carrie
rated it
it was amazing
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This is a book that you like as it is written very well, and it is fascinating but you also hate it because the events are horrifying. I almost threw my copy, I wanted to trow it at the wall out of anger. Not because Margaret Atwood wrote a bad novel but because she wrote a believable novel, and that's scary. As a woman the idea of living this is terrifying and sickening. I applaud Ms. Atwood for being able to make me feel and picture this world so clearly. This is my second novel by this author
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From IMDb:
In a dystopicly polluted rightwing religious tyranny, a young woman is put in sexual slavery on account of her now rare fertility.
Serialisation of Margaret Atwood's novel set in a world of women under oppression.
Just gave-up to this new TV version about this book. Perhaps I am not in the right mood for it.
Even so, I still do prefer the printed version and the movie with Natasha Richardson, Faye Dunaway and Aidan Quinn. ...more
In a dystopicly polluted rightwing religious tyranny, a young woman is put in sexual slavery on account of her now rare fertility.
Serialisation of Margaret Atwood's novel set in a world of women under oppression.
Just gave-up to this new TV version about this book. Perhaps I am not in the right mood for it.
Even so, I still do prefer the printed version and the movie with Natasha Richardson, Faye Dunaway and Aidan Quinn. ...more
This book holds up well a second time although there's a 30-year time difference between reading and listening. Clare Danes' voice was perfect for the story. I alternated between listening and reading.
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Love me a dangerous book... and this is a dangerous book. The funny thing is this book makes me feel the most profound gratitude for what I have. I was expecting it to be depressing, because of the black-hole void world that Offred lives in, plagued with ghosts of the world I live in now. Instead I find I'm kissing the ground I walk on, feeling freedom like breathing the air. And it's not the things I think I want that make me feel free, its things like words and solitude and songs and meaningfu
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I listened to this book on CD unabridged..and I could not stop!!
I totally was into this book.. I thought it was a great read and very thought provoking!!
I totally was into this book.. I thought it was a great read and very thought provoking!!
I didn't see this particular theme coming in this book, but once I caught onto the Brave New World/1984-ish ideas, I loved it even more.
Excellent, vivid writing. This book makes me weep for society.
While the ending was unsatisfactory (as Atwood probably intended), it was the best way to end the story. ...more
Excellent, vivid writing. This book makes me weep for society.
While the ending was unsatisfactory (as Atwood probably intended), it was the best way to end the story. ...more
I expected more from this book, I'm not sure what, maybe more details, more action, probably more passion because the narrator is so passive...
I liked it, I thought the concept was very interesting, as well as the social commentary but, yeah, it just didn't do much for me. ...more
I liked it, I thought the concept was very interesting, as well as the social commentary but, yeah, it just didn't do much for me. ...more
I like dystopian novels. The society created is pretty layered and interesting, which is important to me. I loved the concept of using the narrative as a historical artifact found later.
Jan 07, 2009
Christian
marked it as to-read
Nov 15, 2009
Jason Cook
rated it
really liked it
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Apr 14, 2011
Clara
marked it as to-read
