This novel took me a while to get into, but once I got into
it I found it incredibly interesting, weird and massively disturbing! Although
as a female I probably should have felt sympathy for the women in the novel, I
was surprised that I actually didn’t. I did not warm to the character Offred at
all, I tried to force myself to feel sympathy or try to like the characters nonetheless
the closest I got to liking anybody in the novel was Moira, who seemed the only
rebellious character that I found most exciting to learn about.
The way the
novel ended was in some ways satisfying as it felt like there was an uncertain
ending therefore, I could make my own conclusions to Offred’s fate or result of
her many secretive rules she broke as her role of being a Handmaid. She
betrayed Serena Joy, she let down Cora and she got the Commander into trouble.
The
novel left me too curious for my likings though, I really wanted to know what
happened to characters such as Moira and Offglen also the Commander and Serena
Joy after Offred got taken away. Also, I wanted Offred to somehow bump into
Luke at some point in the novel. However, Atwood leaves the reader at great
suspense at the end of the novel which I guess I like. Overall the novel was attention-grabbing
and I really enjoyed reading it!
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