The Handmaid's Tale
Registered by adrienne10 of Seattle, Washington USA on 12/21/2016
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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.
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.
Journal Entry 2 by adrienne10 at University Of Washington (See Notes) in Seattle, Washington USA on Wednesday, December 21, 2016
Released 7 yrs ago (12/22/2016 UTC) at University Of Washington (See Notes) in Seattle, Washington USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
Put on the book exhcnage shelf in Rab's Room in Bagley Hall, Department of Chemistry.