From the Bookshelf of Nothing But Reading Challenges…
Find A Copy At
Group Discussions About This Book
No group discussions for this book yet.
What Members Thought
I have had this book on my TBR for years, ever since I saw season one of the series. Of course, there are similarities to the series but there are some differences too.
The story is well ahead of it's time when you know it was written in the late seventies.
I enjoyed most of the book, as I have enjoyed the series too.
Why I gave it 4 stars is because there were parts that were a bit boring, her talking too much in her head and describing things I really didn't need to know or added to the story.
Th ...more
The story is well ahead of it's time when you know it was written in the late seventies.
I enjoyed most of the book, as I have enjoyed the series too.
Why I gave it 4 stars is because there were parts that were a bit boring, her talking too much in her head and describing things I really didn't need to know or added to the story.
Th ...more
Audio book version
This is a tough one to rate. I've clicked back and forth between 3 and 4 stars a few times.
What I can say for sure: This book affected me. Maybe part of that involves reading this book in 2016. It's been a tumultuous year personally for me and socially/politically for my country. I would also attribute it to Atwood's visceral, brutal writing. Her prose is somehow sparse yet loaded, packing a punch with every sentence. It took over one month for me to make it through the book (and it isn't long). ...more
What I can say for sure: This book affected me. Maybe part of that involves reading this book in 2016. It's been a tumultuous year personally for me and socially/politically for my country. I would also attribute it to Atwood's visceral, brutal writing. Her prose is somehow sparse yet loaded, packing a punch with every sentence. It took over one month for me to make it through the book (and it isn't long). ...more
I read this right after it came out and found it haunting. Re-read it for book club recently. Even scarier today given our current political climate. Being denied the right to read would kill me - it really would.
Oct 18, 2013
Ruth
added it
Jan 06, 2014
Dana
marked it as to-read
Jul 12, 2014
Heather Perkins
marked it as to-read
Aug 21, 2014
Deanna M
marked it as to-read
Mar 28, 2015
Jocelyn
marked it as to-read
Jul 26, 2017
Sita
marked it as to-read
Jun 28, 2019
Karly Hazelrigg
marked it as to-read
Jun 28, 2019
Amanda
marked it as to-read
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
tbr-audible-deals,
dystopian
