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The Handmaid's Tale (Paperback)(Large Print)
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"Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel ""The Handmaid's Tale"" is a swift, hard slap of a book, shocking both for its content and its unrelenting bleakness. It is a tightly plotted and well paced story, with a courageous, honest, and human narrator who is one of the best features of the book. It is a product of its time, set in a totalitarian Christian America, and is a political satire that is both imaginative and misogynistic. Despite its popularity, it is difficult to imagine that it could have been written in the seventies, and is a product of modern America."
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"Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel ""The Handmaid's Tale"" is a swift, hard slap of a book, shocking both for its content and its unrelenting bleakness. It is a tightly plotted and well paced story, with a courageous, honest, and human narrator who is one of the best features of the book. It is a product of its time, set in a totalitarian Christian America, and is a political satire that is both imaginative and misogynistic. Despite its popularity, it is difficult to imagine that it could have been written in the seventies, and is a product of modern America."
Pros
- Well-written and engaging
- Unique dystopian world
- Strong, relatable characters
- Intriguing storyline
- Insightful and thought-provoking
Cons
- Depressing and isolated content
- Lack of character development
- Unrelentingly bleakness
- Limited character development
- Unrealistic and unrealistic elements
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Now a Hulu series starring Elizabeth Moss. The Handmaid's Tale is an instant classic and eerily prescient cultural phenomenon, from "the patron saint of feminist dystopian fiction" (New York Times) The Handmaid's Tale is a novel of such power that the reader will be unable to forget its images and its forecast. Set in the near future, it describes life in what was once the United States and is now called the Republic of Gilead, a monotheocracy that has reacted to social unrest and a sharply declining birthrate by reverting to, and going beyond, the repressive intolerance of the original Puritans. The regime takes the Book of Genesis absolutely at its word, with bizarre consequences for the women and men in its population. The story is told through the eyes of Offred, one of the unfortunate Handmaids under the new social order. In condensed but eloquent prose, by turns cool-eyed, tender, despairing, passionate, and wry, she reveals to us the dark corners behind the establishment's calm facade, as certain tendencies now in existence are carried to their logical conclusions. The Handmaid's Tale is funny, unexpected, horrifying, and altogether convincing. It is at once scathing satire, dire warning, and a tour de force. It is Margaret Atwood at her best.
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