Brandy H. (animlgrl) reviewed on 2/20/2008 + 84 more book reviews

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I'm only halfway through this book and find it utterly fascinating! When you first start reading it, it sounds as though it takes place in another country, or perhaps, just a simpler time, maybe the 1700s or 1800s. The way they dress, the simplicity in their eating and shopping. But then Atwood hints at the fact that things didn't used to be this way....there are cars, and the main character Offred reminisces about college life, cigarettes, and Elvis songs. I found myself devouring the story to find out just how the country (as it appears to be in the story so far...Detroit as it "used to be" is mentioned) got to be so different from how it is today. Can't wait to finish it!

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