I first read this back in 1995, when I was in college. It was (I think) the first dystopian book I'd ever read, and I found it fascinating. Of course, that was when a future like that seemed unimaginable. Now, rereading it with the backdrop of current events, it feels like more than an exercise in fiction, and it's not hard to connect the dots from where we are now as a society to how we could end up in that place. I'm eager to read The Testaments and see what additional layers Ms. Atwood has created to deepen this story.