The Handmaid's Tale

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Summary: this was a very good book, you have to read it!!!!!!!
Review: This was a wonderful book. I really enjoyed reading it

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Summary: I hated this book
Review: This book was flat and boring! I hated the character especially Offred. I don't know what message Atwood was trying to send and by the end of the book I didn't care.

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Summary: I liked this book a lot.
Review: The Handmaid's Tale is a crazy book, but I like it a lot. I would definitely read it again. Atwood gave us the idea that things could actually revert back to the way they were hundreds of years ago, yet advance at the same time. I'd recommend it to anyone.

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Summary: GREAT BOOK!!
Review: Ijust finished reading this book, and it's increadible!!!! I LOVED IT!!!! I've told everyone I've talked to to read it. It takes me away from this world and places me into the world of Offred and the other characters. There were a lot of unanswered questions, but that is part of what made the book so good! I read Orwell's 1984 and there were definate parallelisms, but the situations were so different that it was hard to compare the two. As soon as you read this book, it will be one of the top books in your collection.. it's defiantely one of my top five!!!!!!!!

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Summary: EYE COULDN'T PUT IT DOWN!!!!!!!!!
Review: Handmaid's Tale was slow starting, but don't give up too soon! Give it a chance and it will go on your to ten list for sure. Margaret Atwood is a genius in feminine writing! To make such a statement in story form is amazing. The end was both maddening and wonderful. She mocks her reader continually while drawing you in at the same time. She knows what you expect of the book, acknowleges that, and goes the opposite way, almost to spite you. It's a wonderful story of hope and desperation, love and disgust, freedom and captivity!

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Summary: Loved the begining,Hated the end
Review: This book caught my interest in the begining but slowly lost it throughout the rest of the book. I recomend this book to the sci-fi fans. the ending really disapointed me. there needs to be more! Thats all.

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Summary: Red shoes... I want some red shoes!
Review: I think this book is a premanition of our future. Look at all the signs!! For instance, pictures are already begining to take the place of words. Looking for a good place to eat? just look for the golden arches. See what I mean? And what's the first thing they teach you in driver's ed? Look for the symbols, watch for the sign of the school, or the red hexagon to stop. It's really scary if you think about it. But all the same, this was an incredible novel. Margret Atwood's vivid dipiction of the City of Gilead made the book less like a work of fiction, and more like a history lesson. Hours after I read, I would still be thinking " I wonder if this was how it was when the City of Gilead was around." And then I would remember that it wasn't a real place! I especially appreciated the " historical notes" and their purpose in the book. Even though they answered many questions, the ones they didn't answer are the ones I don't think I would want answered.

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Summary: I read this book and then threw it across the room.
Review: I really enjoyed reading this book. It was great. It was hard to put it down, especially after page 200. But the ending was irritating. It was so annoying that so much was left hanging. No real closure was given at the ending. Then after the book went barrelling across the room, I sat and analyzed the ending. It really was better that way. No real ending could have been written without ruining the book completely. Atwood's writing style is pure genious.

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Summary: It's creepy to think that something like this is a possibili
Review: For the first 80 pages or so I was confused as to what the plot of this book was. After that I understood it. I couln't figure out what the plot was supposed to be. After I understood what it was about I found that I didn't want to put the book down. Without a government or anyway to get to your money, I don't think it would be that hard to accomplish something this nuts. It kinda makes me reconsider my money in the bank and my future.

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Summary: Lady and the Tiger who??
Review: I think this book gives you a sense of anxiety that you can barely deal with. Margret Atwood paints a picture of the future that I think is possible and maybe even probable considering our society. The perspective in this book is one that I have never experienced before. In the books that I normally read there has always been a name for the main character, but not this time. Reminds me of those "choose your own adventure" books of the 80's. So if you don't need closure I recomend this book. Its for you