Atwood's most prominent work is the most prominent for a reason. Timely in its era and timely now, it has both a bite and a squishy sincerity. Offred is a complex character that's easy to empathize with. Most of the other characters only exist in her psyche so she colors the whole narrative in a way powerful protagonists do. Some of the aspects of Gilead felt a little goofy (namely "The Underground Femaleroad") but it was mostly grounded in the realism of religious zealousy. I don't know how I felt about the addendum and mostly skimmed it but it did add some color to the world. It's imperfect and wonderful and engrossing.