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Jul 27, 2017racing14 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
A great book club selection! Wow! I never had to read Atwood in school so this was my first. I have never really connected with most Canadian Literary Authors (likely because of A Can Lit course I took or maybe it was the cheesy movie I saw on TV years back), but The Handmaid's Tale was such a phenomenal read. I can not believe it was written over 30 years ago, you would never know it, except for the lack of technology. The themes are so relevant to what is going on in today's world and it is scary to think these things can actually happen. It is a great eye opener to how history has a way of repeating itself, as the everything in the book is based on something that happened in real life and many things have happened repeatedly since the book was written. I am looking forward to reading more by Atwood.