I would say this lives up to the hype. It's an incredible read, really tightly woven, and incredibly haunting at parts. It does show its age in parts, especially regarding the mother character who smacks so hard of a feminist from a Certain Era, but for me that was more cozy and comforting than it was truly distracting.

I'm interested to see how certain things are handled in the adaptation, particularly race, because Atwood kind of brushes the chance for characters of color under the rug in the epilogue/post-script thing. It did feel pretty white at times, which, as a white person, wasn't necessarily uncomfortable but might be iffy if you're looking to see yourself represented.

Overall though, I was really kept interested throughout the book, and I'm really glad I finally made the time to sit down and read it!