The Handmaid's Tale By Margaret Atwood Book Review

Details of The handmaid's tale

Book Name: The handmaid's tale
Authors: Margaret Atwood
Pages: 311
Genre: Science Fiction, Speculative fiction, Tragedy, Feminist science fiction, Dystopian Fiction
Publish Date: 1985
Language: English

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood, so the genre of the Handmaid's Tale is dystopian, and since the genre is dystopian, a lot of unpleasant things are going on in this book.

Summary

The story takes place in the Republic of Gilead the u.s government was overthrown, and a new totalitarian state was formed, which is called Gile.ad.

The entire social structure has changed and definitely not for the be, for one who has been stripped of all their rights, and they have been divided into certain categories.

So there are the wives, then there are the aunts, there are the handmaids, there are the Marthas, and so on, and everything has been banned for everyone.

All the handmaids are stripped of their names as well, so the purpose of the handmaids is to basically breed only fertile women. They are allotted to powerful men who are commanders.

These commanders have to impregnate these handmaids. This particular handmaid, who narrates this story, is called offered off is basically, Fred is the name of the commander that she is allotted to, so that's why she's calledOffredd and similarly, other handmaids are also named in this fashion only.

The story is divided into two parts. You can say one part is the night par,t and the other part is the events that take place during the d, ay as narrated by the narrator.

During the story, we also read about Offred's flashbacks as she talks about the time when things were normal. First thing that I have to say is that it completely lives up to its dystopian genre.

A good dystopian novel is supposed to terrify you to the core, and that's exactly what The Handmaid's Tale does, so one thing that happened with me while reading this book was that during the first hundred pages.

S, in this book, this novel was giving out information very, very sparingly;y it was almost as if it was holding information back, which frustrated me a bit.

You do understand what's happening, the information does come,e out, but the book makes you wait a bit for that, so while reading this book.

What I experienced was a orrid fascination, which is that I was horrified by the events in the story, but at the same time, I could not put this book down because it had that kind of grip on me. Also, there were moments in this book where sometimes I felt hopeful, but sometimes then I would get deceived. ted

There are some really disturbing scenarios in this book, and in fact, there were some situations in which I felt like I was being stifled while reading those scenes because they were written so convincingly.

Character development:

The nature of the story is such that each and every character that you come across will elicit a reaction from you as a reader, because the circumstances are so abnormal that when you read about different characters and their reactions, you can't help but be impacted.ted

I felt Toffredfred was a good choice for the narrator of the story because her character is that of a woman who wants to break out of the system, but she has also,o you know, succumbed to it. She is not thatbraveave she is not that fearless

Another character that stood out to me was Mo. She's completely the oppositeOffred; red she is very rebellious and she does not feel scared of the s. Both these women represent very different personalities

There is a dictatorship; everything has been banned. Basic freedom has been snatched from ppeoplele women especia,, but does that stop people from having des? Does that stop people from resisting

These are the kind of questions that are tackled in thi, book, and how people, behave, how characters react to differentsituationst, all of that i,s a very very important part of the narrative of this story

The Handmaid's Tale also has a sequel, which came out iThe1. Thee sequel is ccalled alleThe Testament, and it also won the Booker Prize for 2019. The Handmaid's Tale was published in 1985, and the sequel came out in 201. Myy g,od wha at gap.

Review:

I must say it was a great experience reading this book, and it is brilliantly written. There are certain popular books that everybody can go for. This isthet popular book that only those people should go for who do not get overwhelmed by the negativity and the depression in a store.y

I've been reading for a long timee and I am really able to detach myself from my reality while reading thebookb ,ook but then I'm also able to come back to mrealityea.lity

So if you're somebody who gets extremely overwhelmed by what you read, and if you are not in the best state of mind right nonow then don't go for this book.

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