The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆

Offred is a Handmaid in a disturbing, dystopian society that shuns interpersonal relationships. Margaret Atwood has a very unique writing style. It is somewhat disjointed, similar to a stream of consciousness. Subtle, yet raw and brutal at the same time. There was one quote in the book where Offred was talking about what their lives were like but I also felt it was a great description of Atwood's writing style: "We lived on the white spaces at the edges of print. It gave us more freedom. We lived in the gaps between the stories." This book is for you if you enjoyed Station Eleven.

Unputdownable-ness: Medium
LOL: Low

Ugly Cry Potential: Low
Steaminess: Low
Character Development: High
Originality: High
Quality of Writing: High
Intellectual Depth: High
Light Read: No