The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This dystopian novel envisions a world in which religious fundamentalists rule and women are confined to female roles, to the extreme. Atwood's poetry shines in her writing and she captures this world in beautiful sparse phrases. This is my first Margaret Atwood book but, it will not be my last. Thanks Mandy! :-)

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The Testaments by Margaret Atwood

My Rating: 3.4

This is the sequel to the dystopian novel The Handmaid's Tale.

This had Atwood's wonderful writing but somehow was lacking. This sequel to the Gilead somehow took away from the original. IMO, it detracted from the original book and was not needed.