Progress Book 23 of 100
This book leaves a visual impact on the reader. It takes place in the future where the world has gone back to old fashioned thinking and ways. Women are inferior to men, they cannot have money, and have basically no rights. Their place is next to their husbands, or in the kitchen as a cook, or as Handmaid's who only purpose is to bear children. Anyone who opposes this is executed or sent to a colony where they clean toxic waste.
The main character is called Offred and she is a handmaid. She wasn't always one though. The writing style of this novel is from her point of view as you see what her thoughts and memories are. It was hard to understand what was going on, since her memories aren't in any order. Nothing was in real time and it was a little frustrating to read since as a reader you just wanted to know everything. I will say it probably made me read the book faster. Also, there was a twist near the end that I didn't expect and was really new and interesting.
Overall the main ideas of the society and future world was very disturbing. I even had a few nightmares while reading. Since it sticks out so vividly I'll give this book a solid 85% B
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