El cuento de la criada / The Handmaid's Tale (Paperback)

from Cynical_Ames

It's been a few years since I read this so forgive me if I get something wrong. As a woman I found this terrifying because of the possibility that this could happen. I live in an all-female household in the UK, we're independent, I could never see myself ever being able to rely on a man for every...

from chrisblocker

When the #metoo movement hit big in October 2017, there was a call for people to speak out about their experiences as victims of sexual violence. There were men, men like myself, who joined in the chorus and were promptly shut down. “This isn't for you,” was the general response. You don't belong...

from Bcteagirl

I finished reading The Handmaid's Tale at least a few days ago, it was my first completed book in 2011, and it was a very powerful book. This book can be read as a dystopian book, or it can be read as a political warning (almost a satire, but a little dark for that even). I will try to avoid spoi...

from Vanille

Reader's Perspective -- From an unwillingly person's point-of-view, this book may seem like torture. Let it be known that I felt the same way, yet . . . it didn't last long. Shortly into the story I was swept up into this mysterious, nostalgic world completely different from my own. 1. World-Buil...

from nosborm

Terrifying. Comparable in many ways to 1984. A book which is still hauntingly relevant in too many ways. Engrossing and thought-provoking. Painfully important. Poetic.