Slow moving, but a story that remains relevant 35 years later. I wasn’t prepared for Atwood’s high-caliber writing. It was able to keep things interesting despite the slow pace. I wish it had more plot, but it sounds like the recent sequel addresses many of the reader’s questions. The information dump at the end was my favorite part, and presented some familiar voices that have me interested in the tv series (this was the Audible series cast version).

"'I’ll take care of it', Luke said. And because he said 'it' instead of 'her' I knew he meant kill. That is what you have to do before you kill, I thought. You have to create an 'it' where none was before. You do that first in your head, and then you make it real. So that’s how they do it, I thought. I seemed never to have known that before."