tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7551174226878418503.post2681916106410340828..comments2024-01-04T17:24:42.377-06:00Comments on Jo-Jo loves to read!!!: Review: The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodJo-Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12529212026658169288noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7551174226878418503.post-89132894757059012162010-11-01T09:04:26.834-05:002010-11-01T09:04:26.834-05:00This book is on my "I Must Read Before I Die&...This book is on my "I Must Read Before I Die" list ... I also notice that it was on the Banned Books list, which somehow makes it even MORE interesting! :) Great review!<br /><br />Julie @ Knitting and SundriesJulie https://www.blogger.com/profile/01670155947411449802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7551174226878418503.post-823121768714491872010-10-30T07:30:44.105-05:002010-10-30T07:30:44.105-05:00Right on review! I read this one some years ago an...Right on review! I read this one some years ago and was amazed at the power. I had never read Margaret Atwood before and boy did she impress me. She has a style you have to be in the mood for though. i tried reading her newest for my bookclub and it was tough. She definitely can attack the dystopian scene and sometimes it's hard to wrap my head around it.<br /><br />But Handmaid's Tale I loved !!<br /><br />Excellent review.Michelle (Red Headed Book Child)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02203139179710289533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7551174226878418503.post-1871998641774132202010-10-29T20:05:57.509-05:002010-10-29T20:05:57.509-05:00Wow! I don't see many five star reviews. Tha...Wow! I don't see many five star reviews. Thanks for sharing....Julie Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00836406676074306770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7551174226878418503.post-37121924643512116172010-10-29T11:32:45.522-05:002010-10-29T11:32:45.522-05:00This book freaked me out the first time I read it ...This book freaked me out the first time I read it in college. It was my first experience with a dystopian novel. Glad to see you were blown away by it too.Annahttp://diaryofaneccentric.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7551174226878418503.post-28286298726357011512010-10-28T18:58:11.071-05:002010-10-28T18:58:11.071-05:00I have not read this type of books at all. I will ...I have not read this type of books at all. I will have to shed my inhibitions and try this some time soon.Veenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18051587201427141480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7551174226878418503.post-68851003488122277152010-10-28T18:09:39.928-05:002010-10-28T18:09:39.928-05:00It really was an amazing story, and very scary as ...It really was an amazing story, and very scary as a potential reality. It made me appreciate my freedoms all the more.Alycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10919057159829023714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7551174226878418503.post-36250739306611510032010-10-28T15:17:30.511-05:002010-10-28T15:17:30.511-05:00I do enjoy dystopia when it's well done and th...I do enjoy dystopia when it's well done and this one sounds like it's exceptionally well done. Great review!bermudaonionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10726401178972099557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7551174226878418503.post-72907819476225849342010-10-28T13:38:24.998-05:002010-10-28T13:38:24.998-05:00I just finished read this last week and I'm ha...I just finished read this last week and I'm having a hard time writing my review. It definitely moved me in many ways. Very powerful. Your review is excellent. You did such a good job. I should just send my readers over here to your post.Margothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07422981969760935118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7551174226878418503.post-12442455148311897292010-10-28T12:28:11.044-05:002010-10-28T12:28:11.044-05:00I read this for book club a long time ago and didn...I read this for book club a long time ago and didn't like it. I love dystopian fiction now though so I may re-read it before the year is up.Tihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00926060806244061354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7551174226878418503.post-44115478422231479922010-10-28T10:46:51.273-05:002010-10-28T10:46:51.273-05:00Oh Jo-Jo! Our monthly live chat last Friday night...Oh Jo-Jo! Our monthly live chat last Friday night was a group discussion of this book! You missed it :0( This is one of my favorite books and it gives me the willies every time I read it. Mostly because the society that existed before Gillead is not very different from the way we live now. And the erosion of rights one bit at a time in the name of the good of society leaves us waking up one day trapped in a world that serves the betterment of the few in power and nothing but pain for everyone else.The Bumbleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08334162339045336577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7551174226878418503.post-30053168029769889222010-10-28T10:19:31.754-05:002010-10-28T10:19:31.754-05:00I read this when I was in high school and remember...I read this when I was in high school and remember thinking it was amazing. I should go back and read it now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7551174226878418503.post-91106059384625645572010-10-28T09:03:42.704-05:002010-10-28T09:03:42.704-05:00I just could not get past that first sex scene, it...I just could not get past that first sex scene, it freaked me too muchBlodeueddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03435479623560871881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7551174226878418503.post-75965514575350539362010-10-28T08:43:55.393-05:002010-10-28T08:43:55.393-05:00I need to read this sometime. The movie was intrig...I need to read this sometime. The movie was intriguing. (And very sad the star, Natasha Richardson, is now dead.)L. Diane Wolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06425864276166334896noreply@blogger.com