It’s pretty funny. I’ve been wanting to read this book and it was on my list. Then I found out HBO adapted it for television and the first episode camIt’s pretty funny. I’ve been wanting to read this book and it was on my list. Then I found out HBO adapted it for television and the first episode came out last week. So I watched the first episode on the advice of my best friend and it turned out pretty great. But since I always intended on reading this book I decided to go just go ahead and actually read it and then finished it just today.
Overall I think it was excellent. I love the mix of alternate race reality with lovecraftian themes. It really made you realize that the violence and hatred and misery many African Americans suffered were very much horrors, akin to the horror we normally confront in our fantasies and nightmares and books.
Anyway, no spoilers but I highly recommend it! ...more
Finished this book today! Margaret Atwood is such a world class world builder. I always especially love the epilogue style she brings to her books. ThFinished this book today! Margaret Atwood is such a world class world builder. I always especially love the epilogue style she brings to her books. The Testaments is a must-read if you’ve read the original Handmaid’s Tale. Recommend it to everyone.
Also not a traditional sequel, but more set in the same world with some of the same characters. ...more
Wow! Easily a 5 star novel, no hesitation there. It's horror and dystopian and just an amazing story of a post-nuclear world, infused with just a littWow! Easily a 5 star novel, no hesitation there. It's horror and dystopian and just an amazing story of a post-nuclear world, infused with just a little bit of magic that moves to the story and plot along. The characters were all really amazing, even the Devil had some complexity. Glad this was the last novel I finished in 2018. ...more
The whole series was superb. I can let go of my criticisms of the strongly orientalist descriptions of the Krasians for the plot and character developThe whole series was superb. I can let go of my criticisms of the strongly orientalist descriptions of the Krasians for the plot and character development and finale. Although I did think the finale came on a bit quickly in comparison to the general progression of the entire series of books. It was just like "wow, okay that happened and they won" lol.
Peter Brett has definitely become one of my favorite fantasy authors from this series of books. I mean the whole premise is just amazing. It's traditional fantasy but coming at you from a totally different direction. ...more
This was definitely better than the first book but second was better than this. Although the protagonist is becoming increasingly dislikable. He constThis was definitely better than the first book but second was better than this. Although the protagonist is becoming increasingly dislikable. He constantly makes the same mistakes and then “learns� but then does it again in a different situation. Far more interesting characters are in the book than him though. ...more
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