Let me start off by saying that I was really excited to read this book, I had seen it on so many favorite list, that I was looking forward to a great read. Man, what a let down. The story is about a world that has been taken over by religion and woman are no longer valued for anything other than running the home and being child bearers in a time when the fertility rate is very low. The women are no longer allowed to read and they are separated by rank and dressed in certain colors so that everyone around them knows what they are...yes what not who. I found this book to be very confusing, and really rather boring. Offred (the Handmaid) is having flash backs of her old life while trying to cope with the new one. Once a month she had sex with the commander while his wife sits behind her and they pray for a baby...awkward!
I had a hard time finishing this book because it jumped around so much and the message was just so far out that I really didn't want to read anymore. I did in fact finish it with a huge sigh of relief that it was over. Not the greatest book I ever read, but certainly not the worst.
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