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THE HANDMAID'S TALE
THE HANDMAID'S TALE | MARGARET ARWOOD
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Oryx
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Bookish outfits part 2 #gladstones24

squirrelbrain ❤️❤️❤️ 3w
BarbaraBB Love your outfits 🤍 3w
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Allthebookclubs
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Panpan

I did not enjoy this. I don‘t understand the hype and how this was made into a successful tv show. The writing is choppy, clumsy, and a fragmented jumble of thoughts thrown together. I was unable to connect with any of the characters, and that‘s not because I didn‘t understand what was happening. This was not the literary masterpiece I was expecting. The ending made some sense of the writing, but I already made up my mind. Book #64 in 2024

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nanuska_153
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We were the people who were not in the papers. We lived in the blank white spaces at the edges of print. It gave us more freedom.

We lived in the gaps between the stories"

slategreyskies Wow. “Ignoring isn‘t the same as ignorance. You have to work at it.” That part hits hard. Maybe it‘s time for me to reread this. It must be twenty years or so since I‘ve read it. 4mo
nanuska_153 @slategreyskies yes, it does, I guess because we are all responsible for that in one way or the other. This was a re-read for me too and honestly I wonder why it took me so long to do it! 4mo
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nanuska_153
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What is terrifying about The Handmaid's Tale is the feeling that you know this could happen, it doesn't feel like science fiction. After all it's not an unheard concept that women are considered second hand human beings, whose relevance comes linked to their capacity to procreate; whose right to bodily autonomy, or even to life comes in so many countries after that of an unborn baby. Relinquish your freedom for the sake of safety, we are taking ⬇️

nanuska_153 away your rights to protect you... we've seen it before, we've experienced it before, we've condoned it before. Margaret Atwood's Universe is our Universe; turn on the news, listen to politicians, check out comments in social media, it doesn't matter when this book was written, you can hear the arguments used by those in power in this Gileadean "fictional" state here and now. ⬇️ 5mo
nanuska_153 But when you do, "Nolite te bastardes carborundorum", don't let the bastards grind you down. 5mo
Freespirit So true 5mo
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Karisa Yes, it unfortunately has just become more scary over the years. The streaming adaptation captures it so well too. Haunting. 5mo
nanuska_153 @Karisa yeah, there's been a push back in women's rights and there's seem to be a lot of open misogyny in social media. I haven't seen the adaptation but I read it's quite graphic, is it true? I re-read the Handmaid's Tale cause I had the Testaments for some time and want to read it soon 5mo
Karisa @nanuska_153 Yes, some parts do cross the border to horror. I had to look away, but it did bring the book to life well. 5mo
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charl08
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The keynote speech at the [Booker] prize ceremony in London was given by Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who was released from prison in Tehran, Iran, last year....

“One day a cellmate received a book through the post; it was The Handmaid‘s Tale by Margaret Atwood, translated into Farsi,” she said. “Who thought a book banned in Iran could find its way to prison through the post?”

Reggie That‘s amazing. 11mo
charl08 @Reggie isn't it! Made me want to send some parcels. (That's as far as I got. ) 11mo
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
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I‘ve started a collection of the different versions of this one! I‘ve found these so far! 🖤❤️

Birdsong28 I have a collection of Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks covers. 12mo
vlwelser That's a good one to collect. 12mo
IndoorDame Fabulous collection!!! 12mo
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Birdsong28 🐦 🎶 ❤️ 12mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @IndoorDame thanks girl ❤️ 12mo
marleed What a fun collection! There is a cool graphic novel version out there - I bought a copy for my DIL a couple years ago. 12mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @marleed I‘ll have to check it out! 12mo
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Kelican17
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Much tamer than the tv series- I couldn‘t finish it (#delicateflower). Still very disconcerting and worrisome. I didn‘t expect it to end so abruptly and kind of wanted it to continue on. #bookdump2

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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
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“Aunt Lydia said it was best not to speak unless they asked you a direct question. Try to think of it from their point of view she said, her hands clasped and wrung together, her nervous pleading smile.”

#Bookmoods
#Silence

Eggs Perfect quote 🤩 2y
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bela_deters
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“When we think of the past it's the beautiful things we pick out. We want to believe it was all like that.”

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AliD73
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My beautiful Folio Society edition of The Handmaid‘s Tale. I‘m reading it now, and I‘m blown away! Why did it take me so long to get around to reading this?

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QBub
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Is this where we‘re headed? I sure hope not!

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literateBee
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As good as the TV series was, the book is better!

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emmaturi
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I am so finally glad to have read this great, powerful and disturbing book. I put it off as I was rather nervous about it. It is certainly a thought provoking story. I liked how it went back and forth to learn how the US government was taken over and to see how Offred's life was before. The ending is really a cliffhanger!! I have The Testaments too, so will read that in July.

Nute Looks like I need to buy another edition of this book. Love that cover!🙂 3y
emmaturi Yes, it is stunning! @Nute 3y
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Mitch
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CBee I‘m finishing up season 3 - so glad I started watching again! Total nail biter 😅 4y
Mitch @CBee I might go back and rewatch in prep for season 4! 4y
CBee @Mitch good idea! 4y
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Crazycatlady1
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Panpan

This books was torture for me. I just barely managed to finish it and that was forcing myself. Then the way it ended, uggggggh!!

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MeganTurner
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I have been wanting to read this for SO long and with ‘Testaments‘ coming out tomorrow, I couldn‘t have finished this at a better time. It‘s not a usual read for me and at some points I zoned out. But the storyline and the way it‘s written is so lovely. The ending is a HUGE cliffhanger!!!

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Graciouswarriorprincess
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My local BN store is doing three discussion groups about the Handmaid‘s Tale. This is the first one.

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AndreaLove
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AndreaLove
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Reading at the cabin ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

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Baiforthedai
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While I thought it was a good book, it left a lot to be desired. I feel like a lot of “whys” and “how‘s” we‘re left unanswered. Margaret Atwood writes beautiful, but it is a little confusing at times.

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CollapsingLibrary I felt the same way. It‘s talked about like it‘s this amazing, ground breaking piece of feminist literature (at least in my literary circles) and it was turned into a hit tv show, so I had great expectations. However, like you said, it left a lot to be desired and I almost felt like I was missing something by the time I was done reading 6y
Baiforthedai @hjreviews exactly. I feel like it could have been the “an amazing, ground breaking piece of feminist literature” that it was portrayed to be, but it wasn‘t. It fell very flat to me. I probably would have liked it more if everyone hadn‘t built it up so much. (edited) 6y
CollapsingLibrary @Baiforthedai definitely agree 6y
Eggs Welcome to Litsy 🤗 6y
RaimeyGallant It's weird reading this, because we're not given a key aspect about the reason for the narrative until the end. And welcome to Litsy! #LitsyWelcomeWagon Some of us put together Litsy tips to help new Littens navigate the site. It's the link in my bio on my page in case you need it. Or if you prefer how-to videos, @chelleo put some together at the link in her bio. @LitsyWelcomeWagon 6y
Chelleo Welcome! 6y
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AndreaLove
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rretzler I‘ve not seen that cover before. 6y
AndreaLove @rretzler interesting I have only ever seen this one and the one with the silhouette of a handmaiden. 6y
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DeadMansMolly
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I finished with more questions than answers. Let‘s just say I‘m happy I didn‘t read this book until now, because I don‘t know how long I‘d be able to wait for the sequel!

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DeadMansMolly
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Completely hooked on The Handmaid‘s Tale right now