matthewmincher reviewed The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Wasn't Immersed
3 stars
I struggled a bit with the style of this novel. The fragmented approach and, to my mind, uneven pacing meant there were too many lulls in between the sections that I did enjoy.
It's one of the few dystopian novels I've read that isn't based on some far future or technological trope, and this made me want to find some more to read.
I enjoyed the historical lecture type section at the end of the book - I would perhaps have preferred more of that throughout for context.
