👶👶👶👶: The Testaments, by Margaret Atwood

Set 15 years after The Handmaid's Tale, The Testaments takes us on a much different journey than the original.  Aunt Lydia is one of three narrators that reveal what has become of Gilead and its inhabitants since the fateful end to the first novel. It was definitely a page-turner and the pace was excellent.  The change in personality in one of the characters was quite jarring... but I can't say any more without revealing too much. Although this novel was still incredibly disturbing, it was not quite as gruesome as the first - mostly due to the absence of the sexual violence so prominent in the first, "praise be". In addition, this second installment was much more predictable than the first. No matter - it didn't detract from the story and was still the  captivating writing one would come to expect from Margaret Atwood. The naming of the Cafe as a nod to Phyllis Schlafly was but one of many elusive additions to the novel; it's also what separates Atwood's writing from others.

Now I can finally watch the third season of the Hulu series - and perhaps this time, without wanting to vomit after each episode.

Read 7/23/2020