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The Handmaid's Tale: The Graphic Novel
by Margaret Atwood
I loved this story. I'll preface my review of this graphic novel by saying that I've read [a:Margaret Atwood|3472|Margaret Atwood|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1282859073p2/3472.jpg]'s original [b:The Handmaid's Tale|38447|The Handmaid's Tale|Margaret Atwood|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1546031886i/38447._SY75_.jpg|1119185] already. That's how I recommend you read this book. Read the original novel first.
The art is lovely. The dialogue is a good mix of from the book and original, but still retains the flavor of the original. Most of it is a dialogue in Offred's head. We don't get the whole story and we don't get a resolution. I'm fine with that, and prefer that, since that's how Atwood's original work ends. But I felt like this needed to have another 100 pages. I didn't get to set with it long enough to sink back into that world (not that I really want to, but if you've read the book or watched the show, you'll understand). The horror is what makes this story so profound and so important, and I think the shorter length of this graphic novel doesn't provide quite enough room to build the horror needed. That's just my opinion. It's not enough to subtract more than one star, because this book is still very close to a masterpiece and I enjoyed it very much.
The art is lovely. The dialogue is a good mix of from the book and original, but still retains the flavor of the original. Most of it is a dialogue in Offred's head. We don't get the whole story and we don't get a resolution. I'm fine with that, and prefer that, since that's how Atwood's original work ends. But I felt like this needed to have another 100 pages. I didn't get to set with it long enough to sink back into that world (not that I really want to, but if you've read the book or watched the show, you'll understand). The horror is what makes this story so profound and so important, and I think the shorter length of this graphic novel doesn't provide quite enough room to build the horror needed. That's just my opinion. It's not enough to subtract more than one star, because this book is still very close to a masterpiece and I enjoyed it very much.