aftereliza's Reviews (946)

I expected a different story from the blurb. The narrator was unreliable, the supporting characters were unimaginative and there wasn’t much plot. The writing itself was thoughtful and imaginative and well written. 

I enjoyed seeing Gilead through the different time periods through the eyes of different characters and through the lense of modern society and the parallels Atwood made. All in all, a great sequel to The Handmaids Tale 

Slow beginning and I had hoped that the culmination would be more dramatic but I did like the characters and the narrative voice. 

Absolutely loved the use of different cities as the setting for the author's experiences and how she related the literature, films and art of other female writers who had experienced the same places at different points in history. 

I respect Alice Oseman for publishing at such a young age, and the story was great. But Tori mentions her hate of everything much too often, as well as her hate of everything 'cliché' gets annoying after a while.