adastra's review of Margaret Atwood, "The handmaid's tale"

adastra reviewed Margaret Atwood, "The handmaid's tale" by Hélène Greven

Hélène Greven: Margaret Atwood, "The handmaid's tale" (1999)

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5 stars

A brilliant but utterly depressing dystopian novel. Depressing because when I watch American news, the Republic of Gilead seems this close to reality. It's scary that in a country with a very long history of religious nutjobs there are still enough religious nutjobs who could set up a theocratic government and turn women into breeding machines.