Comments on: Book Review: The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

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By: Lahni

Lahni — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 01:31:27 +0000

Thomas,
Of all Atwood’s novels The Robber Bride is my least favourite. But I can still agree that the writing and even the way she sets up the story and what she’s saying with the story are brilliant – I just didn’t enjoy the story!

By: Thomas

Thomas — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:53:32 +0000

I am a dyed in the wool Atwood fan, so I am always happy when I read good reviews of her books. Robber Bride is actually my favorite of her books. I figure there must be something wrong with me because I come across a lot of folks who really don’t like it.

I agree with some of the comments above, part of Atwood’s genius is to write books that are so different from each other. The only thing they seem to have in common is great writing.
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By: Lahni

Lahni — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 21:29:53 +0000

Woo hoo! An award – my first award! Thanks.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 15:32:32 +0000

Great review, Lahni! I want to read this one myself.

I have given you an award!
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By: john mutford

john mutford — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:41:57 +0000

I like Atwood best with dystopian fiction. A Handmaid’s Tale got me hooked on Atwood, for sure.

I liked that you read it for Banned Books Week and the Canadian Book Challenge. When someone on a banned books blog recommended the Canadian Book Challenge, I tried to help out by suggesting 13 Canadian books that have been banned and found surprisingly few. A Handmaid’s Tale was the most common one that kept popping up. I don’t think Canadian books necessarily play it safe, and in fact, Canada has a lot of books that make AHT look relatively tame, but it certainly has the most notoriety.
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By: Lahni

Lahni — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 14:04:56 +0000

Trish,
I really liked Alias Grace and The Blind Assassin. I also enjoyed Oryx and Crake but it’s almost hard to believe that they were written by the same author. I think that’s part of her genius, is that she is so versatile. And there’s the new book The Year of the Flood, that I’m looking forward to reading.

By: Trish

Trish — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:26:09 +0000

This was my first Atwood book and I’ve been slowly making my way through her others–slowly because I don’t want to run out of material! It’s been long enough now that I could certainly use a re-reading of this book, but I want to get to her others first. I’ll be reading Alias Grace next month. Do you have a favorite by her?

By: uncertainprinciples

uncertainprinciples — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:47:33 +0000

I enjoyed this thoroughly, in a masochistic creepy kind of way. I wouldn’t ever want to be a woman in Gilead, but as an outsider, it’s fascinating. I really hope such a world never evolves, because it would defy the word (evolution) as we know it, and like many other handmaids, I reckon I’d lose the will to live and just kill myself.

Scary stuff.