I know that The Handmaid's Tale is renowned and well loved by many.

I know that many are using it as an example of some of the potential slippery slope politics of today.

However, I have read a Margaret Atwood book before. I did not like it, and I do not like this one either. I don't like the way she writes and tells a story. I don't find her stories engaging. I just wanted the story to hurry up and end after awhile. They go nowhere for ages and then stop. They don't end, they just stop.

This book gave me a jolt out of it every time "recent" cultural touchstones were so clearly 1980s. And much of the back story was not well-formed.

I realize I am in the minority for my dislike of this book, but I'm just not a Margaret Atwood fan.