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Liked It6 of 7 members found this review helpful “A haunting story that is going to stick with me much longer than the sparse narative would seem to initially warrant. This book was probably first witten as a rebuke toward some of the more conservative Christian reaction to the abortion debate in the mid-1980s. Now it has very scary...” see full review » see other reviews » |
Didn’t Like It4 of 19 members found this review helpful “Ugh. Absolute worst book ever. Good if you like man hating propaganda I suppose.” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“One of my FAVORITE books.”
hales c wrote this review yesterday. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Für die Uni gelesen, ist schon ne Weile her...”
Enednoviel wrote this review 2 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“The book was a scary look at what society can become when people are afraid to question and simply accept what they are told. The establishment of the Gilead government could have been easily stalled in the first few days/weeks but people were willing to sit and watch and see what would happen.”
Brenda H wrote this review 5 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“I'm a pretty generous reviewer...but this book was great!! Atwood's ability to keep you guessing and hooked was perfect!”
Stephanie T wrote this review 7 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“i love this book. i will read it again and again and again and i'm sure that it will never fail to introduce me to different perspectives of our humanity and how precious freedom is. ”
suhangmatamis wrote this review 10 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Makes you think.”
Katie C wrote this review 11 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“A good read. And I think I read it before. Parts of the book were very familiar and other parts not familiar at all. ”
Lori K wrote this review 13 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Ah! Creepy distopia alert! If you are into 1984, you need to read this!! ”
Leah O wrote this review 2 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Margaret Atwood is an astonishing writer but this title sticks in the memory because of how close our nation keeps veering towards the society it envisions. Despite years of feminist effort, women remain society's chattel or the Stupak amendment would be as unthinkable as cutting off the Viagra supply of rich and powerful men.
Valerie C wrote this review 2 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
If you've read it, read it again and hand it to your daughters. If you haven't read it go buy it now and pay attention!”
