Book rec (I'm still catching my breath)
Oct. 10th, 2013 09:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
beelikejThese days most of my reading happens on the bus to and from work, and during my breaks. At home there are too many distractions; tv, the computer and food. Yet sometimes I get so involved in a book that I have to finish it no matter what and I completely ignore everything and crawl right into my comfy chair when I get home. This happened again tonight; I had 70 pages left when I got off the bus and I cycled home superfast to continue reading, completely forgetting about dinner. This is one of those books that gets better and better the nearer you get to the end. I highly recommend The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (1985).
I chose this book after asking my friends about their favorite authors. Thank you,![[livejournal.nl profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user_other.png)
kennsea for helping me pick my first book from Atwood's huge body of work.
I'm too overwhelmed to write a proper review and I don't want to give too much away. Besides the recommendation from K., I made my choice based on the short summary at the Bookdepository (link up above), which is also on the back of the book. That doesn't really convey the depths of the story that I found to be very thought provoking on the issues of feminism, politics and history. From Wikipedia: "The Handmaid's Tale is a dystopian novel, a work of science fiction or speculative fiction, set in the near future, in a totalitarian Christian theocracy which has overthrown the United States government. The book explores themes of women in subjugation and the various means by which they gain agency."
The Handmaid's Tale will stay on my mind for a long time. Dayum, that was a good read. I definitely want more books from Atwood!
I chose this book after asking my friends about their favorite authors. Thank you,
kennsea for helping me pick my first book from Atwood's huge body of work. I'm too overwhelmed to write a proper review and I don't want to give too much away. Besides the recommendation from K., I made my choice based on the short summary at the Bookdepository (link up above), which is also on the back of the book. That doesn't really convey the depths of the story that I found to be very thought provoking on the issues of feminism, politics and history. From Wikipedia: "The Handmaid's Tale is a dystopian novel, a work of science fiction or speculative fiction, set in the near future, in a totalitarian Christian theocracy which has overthrown the United States government. The book explores themes of women in subjugation and the various means by which they gain agency."
The Handmaid's Tale will stay on my mind for a long time. Dayum, that was a good read. I definitely want more books from Atwood!
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